Louis de Bernieres: The Essential Guide

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Louis de Bernieres: The Essential Guide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonathan Noakes
By (author) Margaret Reynolds
SeriesVintage Living Texts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780099437574
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Further/Higher Education
Exams / tests / exercises
General
Professional & Vocational
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 5 September 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

One of a series introducing some of the most exciting works in contemporary fiction. This volume deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques employed by Louis de Bernieres in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", "The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman", "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord" and "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts". It also features an interview with the author, detailed reading plans, questions for essays and discussion, contextual materials, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, a picture essay, extracts from reviews, a biography, and a reading list of literary criticism.

Author Biography

Margaret Reynolds (Author) Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster. Her critical edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay prize. Other books include The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories, The Sappho Companion, Victorian Women Poets- An Anthology (with Angela Leighton) and a series of study guides on contemporary writers, Vintage Living Texts. She is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's long running 'Adventures in Poetry'. Jonathan Noakes (Author) The Series Editors of Vintage Living Texts have, between them, more than thirty years teaching experience at senior school and undergraduate level. Their association with Vintage - and with the Vintage authors - guarantees a series that is lively and informative and fun.