William Trevor (Routledge Revivals)
A Study of His Fiction
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2014
190 pages
978-1-317-58875-7 (ISBN)
Description
William Trevor is a master of contemporary fiction. He writes with equal authority about the frustrations of life in remote corners of Ireland, and the hollowness of life is prosperous London suburbs. An Anglo-Irishman, Trevor is admired on both sides of the Atlantic, and both sides of the Irish Sea.
In William Trevor: A Study of His Fiction, first published in 1990, Gregory Schirmer analyses Trevor's novels (such as A Standard of Behaviour and Fools of Fortune) and short stories in detail. He argues that Trevor's writing is important, both in terms of its mastery of fictional techniques and of the profoundly moral vision that informs it. His view of twentieth-century men and women is subtle and complex, generated by the tension between a humanistic faith in compassion and "connection", and an opposing, more realistic assessment of contemporary society as alienated and disconnected.
In William Trevor: A Study of His Fiction, first published in 1990, Gregory Schirmer analyses Trevor's novels (such as A Standard of Behaviour and Fools of Fortune) and short stories in detail. He argues that Trevor's writing is important, both in terms of its mastery of fictional techniques and of the profoundly moral vision that informs it. His view of twentieth-century men and women is subtle and complex, generated by the tension between a humanistic faith in compassion and "connection", and an opposing, more realistic assessment of contemporary society as alienated and disconnected.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Reflowable
File size
0,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-58875-7 (9781317588757)
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Gregory A Schirmer
Content
Acknowledgements; 1. "Only Connect": Introduction 2. "A Farce in a Vale of Tears": The Early Novels 3. "The Odour of Ashpits": The Middle Novels 4. "Other People's Pain": The Late Novels 5. "Such Tales of Woe": The Short Stories 6. "The Weight of Circumstances": The Irish Fiction; Notes; Index
