Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed contemporary British writers. This comprehensive introduction places his work in clear historical and theoretical context, offering extensive readings of the author''s ten novels from The Accidental Woman to Expo 58 , including the remarkable What a Carve Up! The book explores Coe''s biography and his experimentations with narrative, genre and comedy, as well as his thematic preoccupations with history, memory, loss and nostalgia. The first volume devoted entirely to Coe, this book includes:- A supporting timeline of key dates in literature and current events- An examination of the critical reception to Coe''s works- An exclusive interview with Jonathan Coe himself>

Info autore

Vanessa Guignery is Professor of English Literature and Postcolonial Literature at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. She is the author of Novelists in the New Millennium (2012), also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vanessa Guignery
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2015
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9781137405838
• ISBN: 978-1-137-40583-8
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Serie: New British Fiction; New British Fiction (Hardcover; New British Fiction (Hardcover; New British Fiction
• Categorie: B, History, Contemporary Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature, Modern—21st century, access;fiction;interview;novel;writing, access; fiction; interview; novel; writing