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Understanding Alan Bennett Understanding Contemporary British Literature
author
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Wolfe, Peter.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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1570032807
print isbn13
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9781570032806
ebook isbn13
:
9780585325057
language
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English
subject
Bennett, Alan,--1934- --Criticism and interpretation.
publication date
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1999
lcc
:
PR6052.E5Z93 1999eb
ddc
:
822/.914
subject
:
Bennett, Alan,--1934- --Criticism and interpretation.
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Understanding Alan Bennett
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Understanding Contemporary British Literature
Matthew J. Bruccoli, Series Editor
Understanding Kingsley Amis* Merritt Moseley
Understanding Martin Amis * James Diedrick
Understanding Julian Barnes* Merritt Moseley
Understanding Alan Bennett * Peter Wolfe
Understanding John Fowles * Thomas C. Foster
Understanding Graham Greene * R. H. Miller
Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro * Brian W. Shaffer
Understanding John le Carr * John L. Cobbs
Understanding Doris Lessing * Jean Pickering
Understanding Iris Murdoch * Cheryl K. Bove
Understanding Harold Pinter * Ronald Knowles
Understanding Alan Sillitoe * Gillian Mary Hanson
Understanding Arnold Wesker * Robert Wilcher
Understanding Paul West * David W. Madden
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Understanding Alan Bennett
Peter Wolfe
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1999 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolfe, Peter, 1933 Understanding Alan Bennett / Peter Wolfe. p. cm.(Understanding contemporary British literature) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-57003-280-7 1. Bennett, Alan, 1934Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PR6052.E5 Z93 1999 822'.914dc21 98-40227
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With love, to Retta for knowing when to walk away from a dish of French toast
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Contents
Editor's Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Production Dates
xiii
Chapter 1 Tracking the Fringe
1
Chapter 2 Ho, to Be in England
19
Chapter 3 Some Uses of History
34
Chapter 4 Kafka and Other Office Drones
84
Chapter 5 Spies and Other Exiles
134
Chapter 6 On the Small Screen
179
Conclusion
227
Notes
233
Bibliography
239
Index
247
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Editor's Preface
The volumes of Understanding Contemporary British Literature have been planned as guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The editor and publisher perceive a need for these volumes because much of the influential contemporary literature makes special demands. Uninitiated readers encounter difficulty in approaching works that depart from the traditional forms and techniques of prose and poetry. Literature relies on conventions, but the conventions keep evolving; new writers form their own conventionswhich in time may become familiar. Put simply, UCBL provides instruction in how to read certain contemporary writersidentifying and explicating their material, themes, use of language, point of view, structures, symbolism, and responses to experience.
The word understanding in the titles was deliberately chosen. Many willing readers lack an adequate understanding of how contemporary literature works; that is, what the author is attempting to express and the means by which it is conveyed. Although the criticism and analysis in the series have been aimed at a level of general accessibility, these introductory volumes are meant to be applied in conjunction with the works they cover. They do not provide a substitute for the works and authors they introduce, but rather prepare the reader for more profitable literary experiences.
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