J.G. Ballard
by ebrary, Inc, Baxter, Jeannette
fromContemporary critical perspectives series
by ebrary, Inc, Baxter, Jeannette
fromContemporary critical perspectives series
by ProQuest (Firm), Baxter, Jeannette
fromContemporary critical perspectives series
"This guide includes new critical perspectives on J.G. Ballard's major novels as well as his short stories and journalistic writing covering issues of form, narrative and experimentation. Whilst offering fresh readings of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard's writing, inclu…
J.G. Ballard is one of the most significant British writers of the contemporary period. His award-winning novels are widely studied and read, yet the appeal of Ballard's idiosyncratic, and often controversial, imagination is such that his work also enjoys something of a cult sta…
Ian McEwan is one of the most significant, and controversial, British novelists working today. His books are both critically - and academically - acclaimed and embraced by readers across the world. Although primarily a novelist, he has also written short stories, television play…
Ian McEwan is one of the most significant, and controversial, British novelists working today. His books are both critically - and academically - acclaimed and embraced by readers across the world. Although primarily a novelist, he has also written short stories, television play…
Now fully updated for its 2nd edition, this insightful guide brings together a collection of new critical perspectives on Ian McEwan's oeuvre.
Ian McEwan is one of the most significant British novelists working today. He has also written short stories, television plays, a libretto, a children's book and a film adaptation. Across these forms his work retains a distinctive character that explores questions of morality, p…
Ian McEwan is one of the most significant, and controversial, British novelists working today. His books are both critically - and academically - acclaimed and embraced by readers across the world. Although primarily a novelist, he has also written short stories, television play…
"Don DeLillo is widely regarded as one of the most significant, and prescient, writers of our time. Since the 1960s, DeLillo's fiction has been at the cutting edge of thought on American identity, globalization, technology, environmental destruction, and terrorism, always with a…
Don DeLillo is widely regarded as one of the most significant, and prescient, writers of our time. Since the 1960s, DeLillo's fiction has been at the cutting edge of thought on American identity, globalization, technology, environmental destruction, and terrorism, always with a …
The first British writer to win the Booker Prize on two separate occasions - for Wolf Hall in 2009 and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies in 2012 - Hilary Mantel is one of the most popular and lauded novelists working today. Hilary Mantel: Contemporary Critical Perspectives is a cri…
Sir Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most significant living novelist in English. His second novel, Midnight''s Children, is regularly cited as the ''Booker of Bookers'' and its impact is still being felt throughout in world literature. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, led to …
Sir Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most significant living novelist in English. His second novel, Midnight's Children, is regularly cited as the 'Booker of Bookers' and its impact is still being felt in world literature. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, is a very major, poss…