Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
A Routledge Study Guide
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, British
| Author: | Peter Childs | ISBN: | 9781134282418 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 24, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Childs |
| ISBN: | 9781134282418 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 24, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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:
- 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 and reprinted critical essays on Enduring Love, by Kiernan Ryan, Sean Matthews, Martin Randall, Paul Edwards, Rhiannon Davies and Peter Childs, 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 to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds it.
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:
- 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 and reprinted critical essays on Enduring Love, by Kiernan Ryan, Sean Matthews, Martin Randall, Paul Edwards, Rhiannon Davies and Peter Childs, 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 to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds it.
