Novelists in Interview Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction Series
Auteur : Haffenden John
Originally published in 1985, fourteen foremost writers of fiction give detailed accounts of their writings in this absorbing collection by John Haffenden, whom The Sunday Times has applauded for having ?perfected? the art of the literary interview. Bringing together discussions with a wide range of authors in Britain at the time, the volume contains interviews with Martin Amis, Malcolm Bradbury, Anita Brookner, Angela Carter, William Golding, Russell Hoban, David Lodge, Ian McEwan, Iris Murdoch, V.S. Pritchett, Salman Rushdie, David Storey, Emma Tennant and Fay Weldon.
John Haffenden questions them about the creative process, about specific works ? including Golding?s Rites of Passage, Hoban?s Riddley Walker, Murdoch?s The Philosopher?s Pupil and Rushdie?s Midnight?s Children and Shame ? and about the ideas and visions which inform those works. The writers provide lively, fascinating and often definitive responses which offer many insights into the value and function of fiction. The volume also includes discussions of cultural context and of narrative techniques and kinds ? realist, postmodernist, fabulous ? offering immediate material for critical debate. For all who are interested in twentieth century fiction it is essential reading.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Martin Amis. Malcolm Bradbury. Anita Brookner. Angela Carter. William Golding. Russell Hoban. David Lodge. Ian McEwan. Iris Murdoch. V.S. Pritchett. Salman Rushdie. David Storey. Emma Tennant. Fay Weldon. Select Bibliography.
Date de parution : 10-2021
12.9x19.8 cm
Date de parution : 10-2019
12.9x19.8 cm
Thème de Novelists in Interview :
Mots-clés :
Young Man; Infernal Desire Machines; British novelists; Sufiya Zinobia; literary interview; Hotel Du Lac; twentieth century fiction; Vice Versa; Ploughman’s Lunch; Hate Men; Tv Adaptation; Anita Brookner; Somerset Maugham Award; Riddley Walker; Midnight’s Children; Alice Fell; Woman Beware Woman; Tv Quiz Show; Bad Sister; Magic Toyshop; Fairy Tales; Philosopher’s Pupil; Turtle Diary; Wild Nights; Bloody Chamber; President’s Child; Cement Garden; History Man