Modern Novelists
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A study which focuses on Anthony Powell, this text explores the different styles in his work - from comedy and satire to poetic fantasy and melancholy. Covering his novels from the 1930s to 1980s, it pays particular attention to the novel-sequence, which is regarded as his most important achievement. Other titles in this series include "Albert Camus", "William Faulkner", "Gustav Flaubert", "Marcel Proust", "Six Women Novelists", "Saul Bellow", "Ernest Hemingway" and "Patrick White".
This introduction to Greene's novels sets out the significant aspects of his achievement as both a storyteller and a novelist of ideas and commitments. Special attention is drawn to Greene's flair for comedy and to the craft of writing which has brought him public and critical acclaim. A former lecturer at the universities of Alberta, Leeds, Cameroon and Fez, Neil McEwan is also the author of "The Survival of the Novel" and "Africa and the Novel".