Reassessing John Buchan: Beyond the Thirty Nine Steps

Hardback

Main Details

Title Reassessing John Buchan: Beyond the Thirty Nine Steps
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Macdonald
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9781851969982
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Publication Date 1 July 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A collection of edited essays on the novelist John Buchan (1875-1940), author of, among many other works, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), "Witch Wood" (1927) and "Sick Heart River" (1940). It considers Buchan's writing and reputation from the perspective of the twenty-first century and examines Buchan's major fiction and non-fictional writing.