Watts

A Preface to Greene

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Pleasurable, fearless, perceptive, provocative...the attention to scholarly detail is admirable...The material is not only entertainingly presented but also extraordinarily wide-ranging...Incisive critical accounts...A valuable reference resource' Neil Sinyard in the Graham Greene Newsletter This is the most comprehensive and consise guide to Graham Greene's life and works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780582437692
• ISBN-10: 0582437695
• Artikelnr.: 39215849

Autorenporträt

Cedric Watts M.A. Ph.D. (Professor)

Inhaltsangabe

Lists of Illustrations and Maps Editorial Notes and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations Part One: The Writer and his Setting. Chronological Table
1.The Life of a Novelist 2. The early years 3. The middle years 4. The
later years 5. Finale 6. Contexts and Issues, Religious matters, Political
matters, Anti-Semitism and the case of Stamboul Train, Various influences
Part Two: The Art of Greene 7. The nature and origins of Greeneland 8.
Novels, 'Entertainments', and the redemption of Greeneland 9 Recycling,
recurrences and games with names 10. 'Leopards' and other stylistic matters
11. Critical accounts: Darkest Greeneland: Brighton Rock, Mastery: The
Power and the Glory, Collaborative excellence: the film, The Third Man
13. Conclusion: Greene's place in literary history Part Three: Reference
section 13. Gazetteer 14. Biographical list 15. Bibliography 16.Further
reading and list of films