John Banville / Neil Murphy.

Author/creator Murphy, Neil author.
Format Book
Publication[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : copublished by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Descriptionpages cm.
Subjects

SeriesContemporary Irish Writers
Contemporary Irish writers (Lewisburg, Pa.) ^A1364394
Contents The early evolution of an aesthetic: From Long Lankin to Mefisto -- The Frames Trilogy: The book of evidence, ghosts, and Athena -- Brush-strokes of Memory: The sea -- The art of self-reflexivity: The Cleave novels -- John Banville and Heinrich von Kleist, the art of confusion: The broken jug, God's gift, love in the wars, and the infinities -- Art and crime: Benjamin Black's Quirke Novels.
Abstract "This critical study of John Banville's major work considers the manner in which his fiction intersects with a variety of ideas relating to art. It also proposes that Banville's fiction represents a significant development in Irish writing, and contemporary prose fiction, in its advanced reconstitution of the self-reflexive form"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Murphy, Neil, author. John Banville [Lewisburg, Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : copublished by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018] 9781611488739
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2018011067
ISBN9781611488722 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1611488729

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR6052 .A57 Z797 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold