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Writers Talk Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

Writers Talk von Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

Writers Talk Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)


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Zusammenfassung

Presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists that offers an insight into the authors' views on contemporary fiction; their influences and themes; readers and critics; and, why they write and their writing process. This title provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer.

Writers Talk Zusammenfassung

Writers Talk: Conversations with Contemporary British Novelists Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

This title presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists offering a fascinating insight into bestselling authors' views on fiction today.Why do writers write? How do they react to criticism of their work? What inspires them and how do they work? Does fiction have any political, ethical or spiritual significance? Can we learn more about a book from its author? This collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists offers a fascinating insight into bestselling authors' views on fiction today; their influences and themes; readers and critics; why they write and their writing process; and, provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer.Revealing the hopes, fears, beliefs and ambitions of leading authors, Writers Talk is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary literature or the nature of the writing process.Writers Talk includes interviews with Kate Atkinson, Pat Barker, Jonathan Coe, Jim Crace, Toby Litt, David Mitchell, Will Self, Graham Swift, Matt Thorne and Alan Warner.

Writers Talk Bewertungen

Writers Talk gives readers a sense that they're listening in on real conversations between some of Britain's top fiction writers and people who know how to get at the ideas behind their work. Accessible enough for undergraduate students, with clear explanations of key terms, this volume also has surprising insights for researchers in the field. It's a book I'll be recommending to students and colleagues in the future.' Dr Lynn Wells, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, USA
Mentioned in Publishing News, 2008.
'This collection of interviews with 10 contemporary novelists...offers the simple, reliable pleasure of listening to experts talking about what they know best.' - Brandon Robshaw, The Independent on Sunday
Listed in the Writers' Bookshelf selection, Writing Magazine, October 2008.
Mention -Today's Books, March 20, 2009

Über Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK, Director of Brunel's Centre for Contemporary Writing and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies. Fiona Tolan is Lecturer in English at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Leigh Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster, UK.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Kate Atkinson; Pat Barker; Jonathan Coe; Jim Crace; Toby Litt; David Mitchell; Graham Swift; Matt Thorne; Will Self; Alan Warner; Glossary; Further Reading; Index.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR005074945
9781847140241
1847140246
Writers Talk: Conversations with Contemporary British Novelists Professor Philip Tew (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20080501
210
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