Author: Bill Alder
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476601062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a phenomenally successful author of crime fiction. His 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories were published between 1931 and 1972 to great international acclaim (he is the only non-anglophone crime writer to have achieved such renown). His Maigret stories are regarded by many as having established a new direction in crime fiction, emphasizing social and psychological portraiture rather than focussing on a puzzle to be solved or on "action." This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, giving a particular emphasis to the early formative novels and the development of plot, characterization and setting. The author seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait of French society is historically accurate and the nature of the influence of the author's own class position and ideology on his fiction.
Maigret, Simenon and France
Author: Bill Alder
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476601062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a phenomenally successful author of crime fiction. His 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories were published between 1931 and 1972 to great international acclaim (he is the only non-anglophone crime writer to have achieved such renown). His Maigret stories are regarded by many as having established a new direction in crime fiction, emphasizing social and psychological portraiture rather than focussing on a puzzle to be solved or on "action." This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, giving a particular emphasis to the early formative novels and the development of plot, characterization and setting. The author seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait of French society is historically accurate and the nature of the influence of the author's own class position and ideology on his fiction.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476601062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a phenomenally successful author of crime fiction. His 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories were published between 1931 and 1972 to great international acclaim (he is the only non-anglophone crime writer to have achieved such renown). His Maigret stories are regarded by many as having established a new direction in crime fiction, emphasizing social and psychological portraiture rather than focussing on a puzzle to be solved or on "action." This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, giving a particular emphasis to the early formative novels and the development of plot, characterization and setting. The author seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait of French society is historically accurate and the nature of the influence of the author's own class position and ideology on his fiction.
French Novelists, 1930-1960
Author: Catharine Savage Brosman
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Contains twenty-seven alphabetically arranged essays that provide biographical and critical information about significant French novelists active between 1930 and 1960; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Contains twenty-seven alphabetically arranged essays that provide biographical and critical information about significant French novelists active between 1930 and 1960; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.
Sequels
Author: Janet G. Husband
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838909671
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 793
Book Description
A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838909671
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 793
Book Description
A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.
Mystery and Suspense Writers: Ross MacDonald to women of mystery
Author: Robin W. Winks
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This volume contains bio-critical information on popular writers of the genre.
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This volume contains bio-critical information on popular writers of the genre.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Author: J.M. Brook
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN: 9780810345690
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Updates entries already published and supplements the Dictionary of Literary Biography series with entries on newly prominent writers.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN: 9780810345690
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Updates entries already published and supplements the Dictionary of Literary Biography series with entries on newly prominent writers.
Reference Guide to World Literature
Author: Tom Pendergast
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
Covers writers from the ancient Greeks to 20th-century authors. Includes biographical-bibliographical entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 entries focusing on significant works of world literature. Each author entry provides a detailed overview of the writer's life and works. Work entries cover a particular piece of world literature in detail.
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
Covers writers from the ancient Greeks to 20th-century authors. Includes biographical-bibliographical entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 entries focusing on significant works of world literature. Each author entry provides a detailed overview of the writer's life and works. Work entries cover a particular piece of world literature in detail.
Georges Simenon
Author: Trudee Young
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
No description is available for this title.
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
No description is available for this title.
The Babel Guide to French Fiction in English Translation
Author: Ray Keenoy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Babel guide has 150 original reviews of books by over 100 authors from France, Quebec, North and West Africa, Belgium and Switzerland. Each review provides a kind of trailer for the work and is followed by an excerpt as a taster. It introduces big names of French literature such as Sartre, Camus, Colette and Duras, and a collection of less familiar writers, such as Driss Chraibi and Madeline Bourdouxhe. It includes a database of French fiction translated in the UK since 1950, with original titles and current prices. This is the third in a series of accessible and illustrated guides to world fiction available in English translation, aimed at journalists, academics, teachers and the ordinary reader. The reviews let potential readers have a idea as to whether a work might suit them.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Babel guide has 150 original reviews of books by over 100 authors from France, Quebec, North and West Africa, Belgium and Switzerland. Each review provides a kind of trailer for the work and is followed by an excerpt as a taster. It introduces big names of French literature such as Sartre, Camus, Colette and Duras, and a collection of less familiar writers, such as Driss Chraibi and Madeline Bourdouxhe. It includes a database of French fiction translated in the UK since 1950, with original titles and current prices. This is the third in a series of accessible and illustrated guides to world fiction available in English translation, aimed at journalists, academics, teachers and the ordinary reader. The reviews let potential readers have a idea as to whether a work might suit them.