Critical Perspectives on Pat Barker

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Sharon Monteith
Univ of South Carolina Press, 2005 - Literary Criticism - 314 pages
Critical Perspectives on Pat Barker brings together an international roster of scholars who pay detailed attention to the work and career of this prizewinning British writer, providing critical insight into each of her nine novels, from Union Street (1982) through the Regeneration trilogy (1991-95) to Double Vision (2003). The eighteen essays in the volume are organized into five sections: Writing Working-Class Women, Dialogue under Pressure, Men at War, The Talking Cure, and Regenerating the Wasteland. Taken individually, each of the essays yields a variety of insights into Barker's fictions; taken as a whole, the collection provides a fresh and timely overview of Barker's oeuvre and her creative exploration of society.
 

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Contents

JOHN BRANNIGAN
3
SARAH BROPHY
24
SARAH DANIELS
40
CARINA BARTLEET
87
JENNY NEWMAN
101
Cinema
115
The Man Who Wasnt There
128
RONALD PAUL
147
SHERYL STEVENSON
175
ANNE WHITEHEAD
203
SHERYL STEVENSON
219
MARGARETTA JOLLY
235
HEATHER NUNN AND ANITA BIRESSI
254
SHARON MONTEITH AND NAHEM YOUSAF
283
Contributors
301
Copyright

KARIN E WESTMAN
162

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About the author (2005)

Sharon Monteith is a reader in the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. She lives in Nottingham, England. Margaretta Jolly is a lecturer in twentieth-century literature and culture in the School of English at the University of Exeter. She lives in Exeter, England. Nahem Yousaf lectures in English at Nottingham Trent University. He also lives in Nottingham. Ronald Paul, Born and raised in the same region of England as Pat Barker, is an associate professor of English at the University of Gothenburg. He lives in Vastra Frolunda, Sweden.

Bibliographic information

TitleCritical Perspectives on Pat Barker
EditorSharon Monteith
ContributorSharon Monteith
PublisherUniv of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN1570035709, 9781570035708
Length314 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Women Authors
  
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