Ian McEwan: The Essential Guide - Brossura

Noakes, Jonathan; Reynolds, Margaret

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ISBN 10: 0099437554 ISBN 13: 9780099437550

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2002

Riassunto

In Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Ian McEwan. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Ian McEwan, relating specifically to the texts under discussion.

This guide deals with McEwan's themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts is accompanied by likely exam questions - as well as providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

Also included in this guide are detailed reading plans for all three novels, questions for essays and discussion, contextual material, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, extracts from reviews, a biography, a bibliography and a glossary of literary terms.

Whether a teacher, student or general reader, the Vintage Living Texts series gives you the chance to explore new resources and enjoy new pleasures.

The Vintage Living Texts series includes: Louis de Bernières, Margaret Atwood and Sebastian Faulks.

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Recensione:

"This is a terrific series... The tone is authoritative but never dogmatic, while the style is enthusiastic and approachable" (The English Magazine, no.47 Winter 2002/3)

"[McEwan] is this country's unrivalled literary giant" (Independent on Sunday)

"One of our greatest living writers" (Herald)

"McEwan's brilliance as a novelist lies in his ability to isolate discrete moments in life and invest them with incredible significance" (Observer)

"McEwan is the kind of author who can say more in a sentence than most can say in a chapter" (Irish Times)

Descrizione del libro:

This series provides readers of all kinds with an introduction to some of the most exciting works in contemporary literature. Includes: The Child in Time, Enduring Love and Atonement.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099437554
• ISBN 13: 9780099437550
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224