J.G. Farrell

J.G. Farrell

by John McLeod
J.G. Farrell

J.G. Farrell

by John McLeod

Paperback(Revised ed.)

$32.95 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Thursday, April 4
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

J.G. Farrell's Empire Trilogy (1970-78) was one of the major achievements of post-war fiction and inspired new generation of writers keen to explore the legacy of the Empire and the emerging postcolonial spaces created in its wake. This new, invigorating and accessible study excitingly explores the substance and significance of the Empire Trilogy and assesses its damning and influential critique of British colonial rule. Rather than positioning him at the end of a tradition of nostalgic Empire writing, John McLeod shows how Farrell's novels attempt to satirise the perspectives of those who served the Empire and were caught up in its decline. McLeod also explores Farrell's intriguing early fiction, as well as his unfinished posthumously-published novel, and accounts for his changing critical legacy since his premature death in 1980, aged 44. This insightful study will stimulate both new and established readers of a much beloved and missed novelist.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780746309865
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 04/30/2007
Series: Writers and Their Work
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

John McLeod is Professor of Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures, School of English, University of Leeds, UK
From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews