John Burnside - Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Celebrated as a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer, and the winner of numerous major literary prizes including the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, John Burnside is one of Britain''s leading contemporary writers. brings together leading scholars of contemporary literature to guide readers through the full range of the author''s writings, from his fiction and poetry to his autobiographical and nature writing, exploring texts such as The Dumb House , The Light Trap , A Lie about My Father, Glister and Black Cat Bone. The book examines the major themes of Burnside''s work, including the environment and the natural world, hauntings and dwelling, and his intertextual engagement with philosophy, music and the visual arts. Featuring a timeline of Burnside''s life, an interview with the writer himself and a detailed list of further reading, this is the first authoritative guide to this major contemporary writer.>

Product details

• Authors: Ben Davies, Ben (University of Portsmouth Davies, Ben (University of Portsmouth Uk) Baxter Davies
• Assisted by: Jeannette Baxter (Editor), Peter Childs (Editor), Ben Davies (Editor), Kaye Mitchell (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781350036970
• ISBN: 978-1-350-03697-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Contemporary Critical Perspect; Contemporary Critical Perspectives; Contemporary Critical Perspect
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets