BRITISH WRITERS, Supplement V

British Writers: Supplement V
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Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0684806150
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780684806150

British Writers, Volume 1-8 (vol.8 is an index to volumes 1-7), is a collection of critical essays covering writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader with their distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background.

The goal of the supplements has been consistent with the original idea of the series: to provide clear, informative essays aimed at the general reader. These essays often rise to a high level of craft and critical vision, but they are meant to introduce a writer of some importance in the history of British or Anglophone literature, and to provide a sense of the scope and nature of the career under review.

Subjects in Supplement V:

ALAN AYCKBOURN by Kenneth Krauss
J. G. BALLARD by Brian Stableford
EAVAN BOLAND by Karen Odden
ANITA DESAI by A. Michael Matin
RODDY DOYLE by David Hawkes
PENELOPE FITZGERALD by Karen Karbiener
BRIAN FRIEL by Joseph Devlin
WILSON HARRIS by Vera Kutzinski
TONY HARRISON by Robert Squillace
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH by Blythe Frank
GEOFFREY HILL by Tyrus Miller
ELIZABETH JENNINGS by Angelyn Hays
RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA by Radhika Jones
JAMES KELMAN by Angus Cochran
THOMAS KINSELLA by Susana Powell
MEDBH McGUCKIAN by Clair Wills
A. A. MILNE by Lisa Makman
RICHARD MURPHY by Benjamin La Farge
EDNA O'BRIEN by Laura Engels
BEN OKRI by Gabriel Brownstein
JOE ORTON by Martin Puchner
CARYL PHILLIPS by Louise Yelin
WILL SELF by Maura Spiegel
ALAN SILLITOE by John Tucker
GRAHAM SWIFT by Gita May