D.M. Thomas
by Nicol, BranFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-09-01
Publisher(s): Liverpool University Press
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Summary
This book argues that D M Thomas, while best known for his bestselling novel The White Hotel, is one of our foremost fictional innovators, continually stretching the boundaries of the novel to find a suitable form to reflect the the impact of the uniquely violent, often nightmarish events of our times,on the desires and fantasies within us all.
Author Biography
Bran Nicol is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Biographical Outline | |
| Abbreviations and References | |
| Introduction: Doubting Thomas | p. 1 |
| Voices: Dreaming in Bronze, Birthstone, The Flute-Player | p. 13 |
| The Art of Seduction: The White Hotel | p. 30 |
| Acting Out: The Russian Nights Quintet | p. 45 |
| Dreamtime: Flying in to Love and Pictures at an Exhibition | p. 63 |
| Doubling Thomas: Eating Pavlova and Charlotte | p. 74 |
| Notes | p. 84 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 92 |
| Index | p. 100 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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