Pat BarkerManchester University Press, 2005 - 187 pages This book offers readings of Barker's innovations in narrative form, her revisionist perspectives on history, class and gender, and her preoccupation with themes of trauma, haunting and terror. It also analyzes the reasons for her success and significance as a novelist. The chapters draw on contemporary theories of critical realism, gender and social identities, memory and narrative, in order to outline the debates with which Barker's work has consistently engaged. |
Contents
Union Street | 14 |
Blow Your House Down | 36 |
The Centurys Daughter Lizas England | 56 |
The Man Who Wasnt There | 77 |
the Regeneration trilogy | 93 |
Another World | 122 |
Border Crossing and Double Vision | 140 |
Critical overview and conclusion | 165 |
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