Description
| Product ID: | 9780099283836 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | On Histories and Stories |
| Subtitle: | Selected Essays |
| Authors: | Author: A S Byatt |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, English |
| Description: | In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. In her powerful opening essays - ''Fathers'', ''Forefathers'' and ''Ancestors'' - A. S. Byatt considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new ''Darwinian novel''. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-11-01 |
