Ian McEwan's Enduring Love: A Routledge Study Guide Contributor(s): Childs, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415345596 ISBN-13: 9780415345590 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2006 Annotation: Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. This guide to McEwan's haunting novel offers: - an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Enduring Love - a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present - a selection of new critical essays on Enduring Love, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section - cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism - suggestions for further reading. Part of the "Routledge Guides" "to Literature" series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Enduring Love and seeking not only a guide tothe novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds McEwan's text. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
Dewey: 823.914 |
LCCN: 2006022255 |
Series: Routledge Guides to Literature |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.62" W x 8.46" (0.46 lbs) 160 pages |
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Publisher Description: Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. Renowned author Peter Childs explores the intricacies of this haunting novel to offer:
Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Enduring Love and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds it. |