Understanding Kate Atkinson

While her fiction is marked by allusiveness and humor, it remains profound and often touching as it explores the myths of British history and, particularly, women's lives.

About the author

Brian Diemert is a professor of English at Brescia University College in London, Ontario. He is the author of Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930s and has published several essays on crime fiction and on British and American writing in the twentieth century and beyond.

Summary

In this first book-length study of Kate Atkinson's literary career, Brian Diemert examines the evolution of her novels: the playful and self-conscious work of the 1990s, the detective series novels, the books that examine Britain's history and its legacy of conflict and trauma related to World War II, and the most recent return to mystery.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Diemert
• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781643361536
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-153-6
• No. of pages: 138
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Bri; Understanding Contemporary British Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies