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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Thomas, Lyn, 1953- Annie Ernaux. Oxford ; New York : Berg, c1999 (OCoLC)607121871 |
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| Named Person: | Annie Ernaux; Annie Ernaux; Annie Ernaux |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lyn Thomas |
| ISBN: | 1859732070 9781859732076 |
| OCLC Number: | 40779435 |
| Description: | xiv, 202 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1: A writing history; Ernaux's 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". |
| Series Title: | New directions in European writing. |
| Responsibility: | Lyn Thomas. |
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'It's 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 Ernaux'This lucid and wide-ranging study is above all a powerful engagement with Annie Ernaux's 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 Nottingham'Thomas provides a lively treatment that is sympathetic yet objective ... A solid introduction for upper division graduates and above.'Choice'This is an excellent book that should be purchased by all university libraries. It is written with clarity and simplicity, and addresses central questions with consider Read more...
