Kate Atkinson

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Kate Atkinson's work, exploring the major themes and aesthetic concerns in her fiction through close analysis and literary contextualization. It situates her multi-faceted work in terms of a hybridization of genres and innovative narrative strategies to evoke contemporary issues and the past.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press

This extensive and timely examination of Kate Atkinson's remarkable body of work offers a comprehensive and welcome overview of her novels, plays, and short stories. It delves deep into the major themes and aesthetic concerns that permeate her fiction, employing a combination of close analysis and literary contextualization to place her multi-faceted creations within the context of a hybridization of genres and innovative narrative strategies. The book explores each significant publication, ranging from Behind the Scenes at the Museum to Big Sky, the latest installment in the Brodie sequence, through the celebrated Life After Life and subsequent re-imaginings of the war. Throughout, chapters provide insightful perspectives on these works in relation to the central themes that drive Atkinson's fiction, including self-narrativization, history, memory, and the lives of women. By undertaking a comprehensive exploration of Atkinson's oeuvre, this book offers readers a valuable and enriching understanding of her literary achievements and her ability to engage with contemporary issues while also exploring the complexities of the past.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526148520