UID:
almahu_9948236326002882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 211 pages) :
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illustrations; digital file(s).
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2016. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9781526100351
Content:
This groundbreaking, cross-generic collection is the first to consider the entire breadth of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning writing. Focused through the concept of influence, the volume addresses critical issues surrounding the work of Britain's most important contemporary novelist. It encompasses provocative and timely subjects ranging from gay visual cultures and representations, to Victorian, modernist and contemporary literature, as well as race and empire, theatre and cinema, eros and economics. The book reveals the fascinating intellectual and affective matter that lies beneath the polished control and dazzling style of Hollinghurst's work. Alongside contributions by distinguished British and American critics, the book includes an unpublished interview with Hollinghurst. Alan Hollinghurst: Writing under the influence uses a creative range of critical approaches to provide the most authoritative and innovative account available of Hollinghurst's works.
Content:
"This groundbreaking collection is the first to consider the entire breadth of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning writing. Focused through the concept of influence, it addresses critical issues surrounding the work of this leading contemporary British novelist. A creative critical approach is used to provide an authoritative and innovative account of Hollinghurst's works. The collection covers provocative and timely subjects ranging from gay visual cultures and representations to Victorian, modernist and contemporary literature, as well as race and empire, theatre and cinema, eros and economics. The book reveals the fascinating intellectual and affective connective tissue that lies beneath the polished control and style of Hollinghurst's writing. Alongside contributions by distinguished British and American critics, the book includes a previously unpublished interview with Hollinghurst and the eminent biographer Hermione Lee. This book will appeal to readers interested in the contemporary novel, questions of genre, gender and sexuality, subjectivity, desire, as well as those curious about biography and literary experimentation." --Back cover.
Note:
Made available via: manchesterhive.
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MUP 2020 titles.
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Introduction: A dialogue on influence - Denis Flannery and Michèle Mendelssohn -- 1. Hollinghurst's poetry - Bernard O'Donoghue -- 2. The touch of reading in Hollinghurst's early prose - Angus Brown -- 3. Poetry, parody, porn and prose - Michèle Mendelssohn -- 4. Race, empire and The Swimming Pool Library - John McLeod -- 5. The Stranger's Child and The Aspern Papers : queering origin stories and questioning the visitable past - Julie Rivkin -- 6. Ostentatiously discreet: bisexual camp in The Stranger's Child - Joseph Ronan -- 7. Hollow auguries: eccentric genealogies in The Folding Star and The Spell - Robert L. Caserio -- 8. Some properties of fiction: value and fantasy in Hollinghurst's house of fiction - Geoff Gilbert -- 9. Cinema in the library - Alan O'Leary -- 10. Using Racine in 1990: or, translating theatre in time - Denis Flannery -- 11. 'Who are you? What the fuck are you doing here?': queer debates and contemporary connections - Kaye Mitchell -- 12. What can I say? Secrets in fiction and biography - Hermione Lee interviews Alan Hollinghurst -- Index
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Also available in print form.
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader (latest version recommended), Internet Explorer or other browser (latest version recommended).
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In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mendelssohn, Michèle ; Flannery, Denis. Alan Hollinghurst : writing under the influence, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2016, ISBN 9780719097171
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526100351
URL:
https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526100351/9781526100351.xml
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526100351
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