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Since the publication of her first novel in 1992, Amelie Nothomb continues to engage and to provoke her readers through her exploration of the fluid boundaries between beauty and monstrosity, good and evil, fable and reality, as well as by her fascinating presentation of childhood, anorexia, and the abject. In Amelie Nothomb: Authorship, Identity and Narrative Practice, the first full-length study in English of Nothomb's work, these elements are presented and interpreted from a variety of perspectives, with the contributors focusing on a single novel or comparing different texts. Comprised of a collection of essays on her autobiographical and fictional works, with contributions from her anglophone translators, it also includes an interview with the author, a preface by the eminent writer and critic, Jacques de Decker and a bibliography of secondary works. Nothomb's works and the critical responses to them are contextualized in a general introduction and organized under the following key themes: autobiography and gender identity, representations of the body, and narrative practice. This collection is an essential resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century contemporary literature and gender studies.Product Identifiers
PublisherPeter Lang
ISBN-139780820461823
eBay Product ID (ePID)128907027
Product Key Features
Book TitleAmelie Nothomb: Authorship, Identity and Narrative Practice
AuthorSusan Bainbrigge, Jeanette Den Toonder
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2003
GenreAncient Literature
Number of Pages216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height230mm
Item Width160mm
Additional Product Features
Issn1074-6757
Series TitleBelgian Francophone Library
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
EditorJeanette Den Toonder, Susan Bainbrigge