| Hidden Possibilities: Essays in Honor of Muriel Spark Contributor(s): Hosmer Jr, Robert E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0268030995 ISBN-13: 9780268030995 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2013044542 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.11" W x 9.01" (1.10 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Described by David Lodge as "the most gifted and innovative writer of her generation," Muriel Spark had a literary career that spanned from the late 1940s until her death in 2006, and included poems, stories, plays, essays, and, most notably, novels. The extensive bibliography of her works included in this collection reveals the astonishing output of a powerful and sustained creative spirit. Hidden Possibilities gathers a distinguished group of writers from both sides of the Atlantic to offer an informed overview of Muriel Spark's life and work. Critics have often read Spark in a somewhat narrow context--as a Catholic, a woman, or a Scottish writer. The essays in this volume, while making connections between these contexts, cumulatively situate her in a broader European tradition. The volume includes interviews with Spark that cast light both on the course of her professional life and on her notably distinctive personality. Contributors: Regina Barreca, Gerard Carruthers, Barbara Epler, John Glavin, Dan Gunn, Robert E. Hosmer Jr., Joseph Hynes, Gabriel Josipovici, Frank Kermode, John Lanchester, Doris Lessing, David Malcolm, John Mortimer, Alan Taylor, and John Updike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hosmer Jr, Robert E.: - Robert E. Hosmer Jr. is senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Smith College. |