Annie Ernaux: An Introduction to the Writer and her Audience by Lyn Thomas (Engl

Description: Annie Ernaux by Lyn Thomas This text aims to provide a crictial discussion of the work of the French writer Annie Ernaux. It gives a chronological account of Ernauxs development as a writer, indicating the broad variations in narrative structure, language, and to a lesser extent, theme, which distinguish each text. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The award-winning novels of Annie Ernaux are controversial, innovative, and address the topical issues of gender and social class. Surprisingly, there has been no major study of her work, despite the fact that it is increasingly taught and has been widely translated. This book fills that gap by presenting Ernauxs work through a range of readings: those of the author herself, those of academics, of reviewers and of ordinary readers. Ernauxs own curiosity about the relationship between writing and the reality she is describing leads her to adopt a self-reflective approach to the narration of her life experience. This stimulating introduction to her work reflects both on the relationship between writing and identity in general terms, and specifically on the process of writing literary criticism. In the final chapter the impersonal register of academic writing is extended by a more personal dialogue with Ernauxs texts. What emerges is a new critical method that explores the multiple relationships between readers and texts. The first work in English on Annie Ernaux, this book goes far beyond traditional analyses to address the fundamental question of critical writing and to present a new methodology for the study of literary texts. It is thus essential reading for those interested in French literature, critical theory, gender and cultural studies. Author Biography Lyn Thomas London Metropolitan University Table of Contents Part 1: A writing history; Ernauxs auto/biographical pact - the author and the reader in the text; gender, sexuality and class; identity, femininity and loss. Part 2: Reading for passion and pleasure; reading critically; reading in the first person. Appendix 1: "Fragments around Philippe V". Appendix 2: The press reception of "La Honte" and "Je ne suis pas sortie di ma nuit". Review Its difficult to put into words how impressed I was by the depth and accuracy of this book. It provides an in-depth analysis of the importance of the gaze, the mother / daughter relationship, my desire to return to the text-world of my childhood. I have to hurry to forget what [Lyn Thomas] has written, in order to be able to write innocently. -- Annie ErnauxThis lucid and wide-ranging study is above all a powerful engagement with Annie Ernauxs project as a writer. In a brilliant analysis, Lyn Thomas links the ambivalent reception of this best-selling author to the persistent themes and challenges of her work. -- Professor Diana Knight, University of NottinghamThomas provides a lively treatment that is sympathetic yet objective . . . A solid introduction for upper division graduates and above. * Choice * Review Quote ...with this illuminating survey of Ernauxs corpus and its popular and critical reception, Thomas maps out the contours of future Ernaux criticism. Details ISBN1859732070 Author Lyn Thomas Short Title ANNIE ERNAUX Series New Directions in European Writing Language English ISBN-10 1859732070 ISBN-13 9781859732076 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 843.914 Year 1999 Imprint Berg Publishers Country of Publication United Kingdom Place of Publication London Residence US Birth 1949 Pages 192 DOI 10.1604/9781859732076 UK Release Date 1999-01-01 NZ Release Date 1999-01-01 Translator Fred Robertson Subtitle An Introduction to the Writer and her Audience Edited by Elena Zaytseva Death 1936 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Illustrations illustrations, bibliography, index Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 1999-01-01 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:11853859;

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