Daniel Lea

Graham Swift

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first study of Swift to provide a detailed critical analysis of his writing for postgraduates and researchers Covers Swift's work as a whole, and works systematically and chronologically through his writing, to claim Swift as one of the most important authors of his generation Accessibly Written, and provides a full introductory overview of Swift's work Contextualises Swift in ongoing debates about contemporary literature, and offers new ways of reading him Moves away from the traditional conception of Swift as a postmodernist

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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. Detailed analysis of his work provides an informative, lucid and accessible insight into the writing of one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780719068379
• ISBN-10: 0719068371
• Artikelnr.: 22368740

Autorenporträt

Daniel Lea is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Oxford Brookes University

Inhaltsangabe

Series editor's foreword Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1.
Introduction: Lost in transmission 2. 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980) 3.
'Shuttlecock' (1981) and 'Learning to Swim and Other Stories' (1982) 4.
'Waterland' (1983) 5. 'Out of this World' (1988) 6. 'Ever After' (1992) 7.
'Last Orders' (1996) 8. 'The Light of Day' (2003) Notes Select Bibliography
Index