John Fowles /

John Fowles (1926-2005) has the distinction of being both a best-selling novelist and one whose work has earned the respect of academic critics. This vibrant collection of original essays sheds new critical light on all of Fowles's writings, with a special focus on The French Lieutenant's...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Acheson, James, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:New casebooks (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction; J.Acheson
  • 1. The Aristos and Wormholes: John Fowles's Theory of Being and Art; S.Onega
  • 2. John Fowles and Creative Nonfiction; J.R.Aubrey
  • 3. John Fowles and the Writing Process; D.Bedggood
  • 4. Gothic and Neo-Gothic in Fowles's The Collector; D.Punter
  • 5. The Silence of Spent Voices: Narrative and Image in The Magus; K.Tarbox
  • 6. The French Lieutenant's Woman as Historical Fiction; B.Finney
  • 7. John Fowles, Accidental Feminist: The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1969; E.Warburton
  • 8. The French Lieutenant's Woman on Film; B.Allen
  • 9. The Ebony Tower and the Search for Meaning; D.Vipond
  • 10. Daniel Martin and the 'Ill-concealed Ghost'; L.Fletcher
  • 11. Late Style: A Maggot and the Mystery of Being in History; B.Woodcock
  • 12. Fowles and Postmodernism: The French Lieutenant's Woman, Mantissa and A Maggot; B.McHale
  • Further Reading
  • Index.