This is the first full book-length study of Pat Barker's work Provides an extensive critical assessment and discussion of one of the most celebrated and popular contemporary British novelists Chapters draw on contemporary theories of critical realism, gender and social identities, memory and narrative, in order to outline the debates with which Barker's work has consistently engaged Examines Pat Barker's entire published oeuvre, and analyses the reasons for her success and significance as a novelist Essential reading for those interested in Barker's place in the literary history of contemporary Britain
- ISBN10 0719065763
- ISBN13 9780719065767
- Publish Date 1 January 2006 (first published 1 December 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English