160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. Renowned author Peter Childs explores the intricacies of this haunting novel to offer:
an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Enduring Love
a... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Text and Contexts The Text. The Author. Literary Contexts. Cultural Contexts Part 2: Critical History Part 3: Critical Readings After the Fall Kiernan Ryan 'I Don't Want Your Story': Open and Fixed Narratives in Enduring Love Martin Randall Enduring McEwan Rhiannon Davies Solipsism, Narrative and Love in Enduring Love Paul Edwards Seven Types of Unreliability Sean Matthews 'Believing is Seeing': The Eye of the Beholder Peter Childs Part 4: Adaptations Part 5: Further Reading and Web Resources
Biography
Peter Childs
'What emerges clearly... is the extent to which the Routledge guides demonstrate the value of historicised readings, without burdening the first-time reader with too great an emphasis on the material reality with which the featured authors engage.' - Rod Mengham, The Times Higher Educational Supplement
