Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9009-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 181 g

Reihe: Bloomsbury 3PL

John Fowles’s 1969 novel The French Lieutenant's Woman has become a modern classic but it is a complex novel and can be daunting to study. This accessible guide offers detailed readings of the text as well as accounts of Fowles’s influences and the context of the novel’s composition. It also discusses Fowles’s manipulation of the story’s Victorian setting and source material, and his treatment of key themes such as gender, sexuality and social class. It addresses the reviews and critical reception of the novel, and offers study suggestions and a guide to further reading. A separate section engages with the 1981 film adaptation scripted by Harold Pinter.
This introduction to the text is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on:

Literary and historical context
Language, style and form
Reading The French Lieutenant's Woman
Critical reception and publishing history
Adaptation and interpretation
Further reading

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephenson, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Contexts
2. Language, Style and Form
3. Reading The French Lieutenant's Woman
4. Critical Reception and Publishing History
5. Adaptation: The Novel on Film
6. Guide to Further Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

William Stephenson is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Chester, where he teaches modernist and postmodernist literature. His publications include John Fowles (Northcote, 2003), several book chapters and articles in journals including Critique, Journal of Cultural Research and a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.