
Paul Scott
Jacqueline Banerjee(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Published on 1. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7463-0875-2 (ISBN)
Description
Contrary to popular belief, Paul Scott was not a historical novelist in the realist tradition but a post-modernist who engaged with his readers in narrative of increasing self-consciousness and complexity. Having exposed the identity crisis of the twentieth-century male under army and post-war conditions, he moved on after the 1950's to explore the need for commitment memorably and often brilliantly against various backdrops. This phase culminated in his most frankly experimental novel, The Corrida at San Feliu (1964). However, India, where Scott had served during the war, still exerted a strong pull on his imagination. And in his tour de forceThe Raj Quartet (1966-1975), and its coda, Staying On (1977; Booker Prize, 1978), Scott found in one of the great upheavals of recent times what he had long been seeking - evidence of human being's capacity for moral integrity and love, even in the face of extraordinary challenges.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7463-0875-2 (9780746308752)
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Jacqueline Banerjee has held lectureships in English Literature at the University of British Columbia, Canada, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Kobe College, Japan. She has also given courses at King's College London as an honorary member of staff and is now the Associate Editor (UK) for the Victorian Web.