| John Burnside: Contemporary Critical Perspectives Contributor(s): Davies, Ben (Editor), Baxter, Jeannette (Editor), Mitchell, Kaye (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350036978 ISBN-13: 9781350036970 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Series: Contemporary Critical Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Celebrated as a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer, and the winner of numerous major literary prizes including the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, John Burnside is one of Britain's leading contemporary writers. John Burnside: Contemporary Critical Perspectives brings together leading scholars of contemporary literature to guide readers through the full range of the author's writings, from his fiction and poetry to his autobiographical and nature writing, exploring texts such as The Dumb House, The Light Trap, A Lie about My Father, Glister and Black Cat Bone. The book examines the major themes of Burnside's work, including the environment and the natural world, hauntings and dwelling, and his intertextual engagement with philosophy, music and the visual arts. Featuring a timeline of Burnside's life, an interview with the writer himself and a detailed list of further reading, this is the first authoritative guide to this major contemporary writer. |
Contributor Bio(s): Childs, Peter: - Peter Childs is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Scholarship and Professor of Modern & Contemporary English Literature, Newman University, UK. He has published widely on twentieth and twenty-first century fiction.Groes, Sebastian: - Sebastian Groes is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Roehampton University, UK. He is the series editor of Bloomsbury's Contemporary Critical Perspectives Series, the editor of Ian McEwan (2013), and co-editor of Kazuo Ishiguro (2009) and Julian Barnes (2011), all published by Bloomsbury. |