The Late-Career Novelist: Career Construction Theory, Authors and Autofiction by

Description: The Late-Career Novelist by Dr Hywel Dix The first scholarly study of the phenomenon of the late-career novel, this book explores the ways in which bestselling contemporary novelists look back and respond to their earlier successes in their subsequent writings. Exploring the work of major novelists such as Angela Carter, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt and Graham Swift, The Late-Career Novelist draws for the first time on social psychology and career construction theory to examine how the dynamics of a literary career play out in the fictional worlds of our best-known novelists. From here, Hywel Dix develops and argues for a new mode of reading contemporary writing on the contexts of current literary culture. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Hywel Dix is Principal Lecturer in English and Communication at Bournemouth University, UK. His previous books include Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain (Bloomsbury, 2010). Table of Contents 1. Introduction: From the Late to the Retrospective2. The Dialogic Self and the Vocation of the Storyteller3. Imaginary Authors of Real Books4. Intimate Paratexts5. Cultural Narratives and The Collective Library6. Feeding Fiction Forward: Anxieties of Influence7. Autofiction in Theory and Practice8. Conclusion: Advancing the Occupational PlotBibliographyIndex Review In The Late-Career Novelist, Hywel Dix demonstrates that the figure of the author is well and truly alive and kicking in the twenty-first century. Through readings of the works of A. S. Byatt, Haruki Murakami, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, and others, The Late-Career Novelist shows that studying a writers late work provides knowledge into more than just the career and self-retrospect of an individual author. Late career writings, often self-conscious and self-critical, offer insight into the figure of the author, the reciprocity or reading and writing, and the function of contemporary literature in the social world. * Dr. Alison Gibbons, Reader in Contemporary Stylistics, Sheffield Hallam University *In his well-written seven-chapter volume on contemporary novelists such as Angela Carter, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt and Graham Swift, Hywel Dix takes the all-together new and original path of examining at the late-career works of established and highly-acclaimed authors. * Dr. K. Ferreira-Meyers, Coordinator Linguistics and Modern Languages/Literature Institute of Distance Education, University of Swaziland, Swaziland * Promotional The first scholarly study drawing on advances in social psychology to explore late-career work and self-reflection in major contemporary novelists from Angela Carter and Ian McEwan to V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie. Review Quote In his well-written seven-chapter volume on contemporary novelists such as Angela Carter, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt and Graham Swift, Hywel Dix takes the all-together new and original path of examining at the late-career works of established and highly-acclaimed authors. Promotional "Headline" The first scholarly study drawing on advances in social psychology to explore late-career work and self-reflection in major contemporary novelists from Angela Carter and Ian McEwan to V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie. Feature The first substantial critical study of metafictional techniques in later-career works by major contemporary novelists Details ISBN1350030066 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1350030066 ISBN-13 9781350030060 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2017-08-10 Pages 224 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Career Construction Theory, Authors and Autofiction Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.91409 Short Title The Late-Career Novelist Language English Author Dr Hywel Dix UK Release Date 2017-08-10 NZ Release Date 2017-08-10 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2017-08-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117302100;

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