
Understanding Julian Barnes
Merritt Moseley(Author)
University of South Carolina Press
13th Edition
Published on 17. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-57003-875-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a telling assessment of the divergent works of a daring British writer. ""Understanding Julian Barnes"" surveys the career of an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. In this analysis of Barnes' distinctive qualities and of his place in the British literary establishment, Merritt Moseley suggests that Barnes' greatest achievement is his ability to resist summary and categorization by imagining each book in a dramatically original way. In evaluating Barnes' fiction, Moseley discusses the novelist's admiration for Gustave Flaubert, identifies his technical and thematic concerns, and explores the intrigue surrounding his divided career as a writer of serious novels, published under his own name, and of detective thrillers, published under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
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Series
Edition
13th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57003-875-4 (9781570038754)
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Persons
Merritt Moseley is a professor of literature and language and Key Center Professor at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He is the author of Understanding Kingsley Amis and Understanding Michael Frayn.