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This Companion brings together an international 'Brodie set' of critics to trace the history, impact, reception and major themes of Spark's work, from her early poetry to her last novel.

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Series Editors' Preface; Brief Biography of Muriel Spark; Introduction, Michael Gardiner and Willy Maley; 1 Muriel Spark and the Problems of Biography, David Goldie; 2 Poetic Perception in the Fiction of Muriel Spark, Vassiliki Kolocotroni; 3 Body and State in Spark's Early Fiction, Michael Gardiner; 4 The Stranger Spark, Marilyn Reizbaum; 5 Muriel Spark and the Politics of the Contemporary, Adam Piette; 6 Spark, modernism and postmodernism, Matthew Wickman; 7 Muriel Spark as Catholic Novelist, Gerard Carruthers; 8 Muriel Spark's Break with Romanticism, Paddy Lyons; 9 The Post-war Contexts of Spark's Writing, Randall Stevenson; 10 Muriel Spark's Crimes of Wit, Drew Milne; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.

The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 31/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780748637690, 978-0748637690
      ISBN10: 0748637699
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Companion brings together an international 'Brodie set' of critics to trace the history, impact, reception and major themes of Spark's work, from her early poetry to her last novel.

      Table of Contents
      Series Editors' Preface; Brief Biography of Muriel Spark; Introduction, Michael Gardiner and Willy Maley; 1 Muriel Spark and the Problems of Biography, David Goldie; 2 Poetic Perception in the Fiction of Muriel Spark, Vassiliki Kolocotroni; 3 Body and State in Spark's Early Fiction, Michael Gardiner; 4 The Stranger Spark, Marilyn Reizbaum; 5 Muriel Spark and the Politics of the Contemporary, Adam Piette; 6 Spark, modernism and postmodernism, Matthew Wickman; 7 Muriel Spark as Catholic Novelist, Gerard Carruthers; 8 Muriel Spark's Break with Romanticism, Paddy Lyons; 9 The Post-war Contexts of Spark's Writing, Randall Stevenson; 10 Muriel Spark's Crimes of Wit, Drew Milne; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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