Understanding Jonathan Coe

In this first full-length study of the British novelist, Merritt Moseley surveys a writer whose experimental technique has become increasingly critically admired. Following an introductory overview of Coe's life and career, Moseley examines Coe's engagement with popular culture, his experimental technique, his political satire, and his broad-canvased depictions of British society.

About the author

Merritt Moseley is a professor of literature and chair of the Department of Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He has published monographs on Kingsley Amis, David Lodge, Julian Barnes, Pat Barker, and Michael Frayn and edited volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography including British and Irish Novelists since 1960 and Booker Prize Novels.

Summary

In this first full-length study of the British novelist, Merritt Moseley surveys a writer whose experimental technique has become increasingly critically admired. Following an introductory overview of Coe's life and career, Moseley examines Coe's engagement with popular culture, his experimental technique, his political satire, and his broad-canvased depictions of British society.

Product details

• Authors: Merritt Moseley
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781611176506
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-650-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Bri; Understanding Contemporary Bri; Understanding Contemporary British Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies