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Muriel Spark's early fiction

Name: Muriel Spark's early fiction
Author: James Bailey

James Bailey

19 November 2022

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Book Synopsis

This book presents a detailed critical analysis of a period of significant formal and thematic innovation in Muriel Spark's literary career. Spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, it identifies formative instances of literary experimentation in texts including The Comforters, The Driver's Seat and The Public Image, with an emphasis on metafiction and the influence of the nouveau roman. As the first critical study to draw extensively on Spark's vast archives of correspondence, manuscripts and research, it provides a unique insight into the social contexts and personal concerns that dictated her fiction.

About The Author

James Bailey is Honorary Research Fellow in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. He is the co-editor, with Emma Young, of British Women Short Story Writers: The New Woman to Now (Edinburgh University Press, 2016) as well as author of articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Contemporary Women's Writing and European Journal of English Studies.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781474475976
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, (19 November 2022)
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 358 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Categories:: History and criticism Literary theory Literary studies: general Literature c 1900 to c 2000 Fiction novelists and prose writers