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John Fowles / edited by James Acheson.

Contributor(s):

Acheson, James, 1947- [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New casebooks (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: xi, 193 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

023034805X
9780230348059
0230348068
9780230348066

Subject(s):

Fowles, John, 1926-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation

DDC classification:

823.91409 23

LOC classification:

PR6056.O85 Z696 2013

Contents:

1 The Aristos and Wormholes: John Fowles's Theory of Being and Art / Susana Onega Onega, Susana 20 -- 2 John Fowles and Creative Non-fiction / James R. Aubrey Aubrey, James R. 34 -- 3 John Fowles and the Writing Process / Daniel Bedggood Bedggood, Daniel 49 -- 4 Gothic and Neo-Gothic in Fowles's The Collector / David Punter Punter, David 62 -- 5 The Silence of Spent Voices: Narrative and Image in The Magus / Katherine Tarbox Tarbox, Katherine 76 -- 6 The French Lieutenant's Woman as Historical Fiction / Brian Finney Finney, Brian 90 -- 7 John Fowles, Accidental Feminist: The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1969 / Eileen Warburton Warburton, Eileen 104 -- 8 The French Lieutenant's Woman on Film / Brenda Allen Allen, Brenda 118 -- 9 The Ebony Tower and the Search for Meaning / Dianne Vipond Vipond, Dianne 132 -- 10 Daniel Martin and the 'Ill-concealed Ghost' / Lisa Fletcher Fletcher, Lisa 146 -- 11 Late Style: A Maggot and the Mystery of Being in History / Bruce Woodcock Woodcock, Bruce 159 -- 12 Fowles and Postmodernism: The French Lieutenant's Woman, Mantissa and A Maggot / Brian McHale McHale, Brian 171.

Summary: "John Fowles (1926-2005) has the distinction of being both a best-selling novelist and one whose work has earned the respect of academic critics. This vibrant collection of original essays sheds new critical light on all of Fowles's writings, with a special focus on The French Lieutenant's Woman as the most widely studied of his works. The stellar cast of contributors offers an outstanding range of expertise on Fowles, providing fresh reassessments and new perspectives on his fiction and non-fiction"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"John Fowles (1926-2005) has the distinction of being both a best-selling novelist and one whose work has earned the respect of academic critics. This vibrant collection of original essays sheds new critical light on all of Fowles's writings, with a special focus on The French Lieutenant's Woman as the most widely studied of his works. The stellar cast of contributors offers an outstanding range of expertise on Fowles, providing fresh reassessments and new perspectives on his fiction and non-fiction"-- Provided by publisher.

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