Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.
Sto caricando le informazioni... Barbara Pymdi Michael Cotsell
Nessuno Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Out of the routine and small moments of modest, unfulfilled lives, Barbara Pym creates sensitive comedy that catches the way we sustain interest in our own lives and those of others, that shows how we grow and are illuminated and how we bear with loneliness and age. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Discussioni correntiNessunoCopertine popolariNessuno
Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
Cotsell benefits from the fact that his book comes out after all of the others. He is able to offer a more nuanced retrospective view on the "Pym mania", reflecting on both the positive and negative appraisals, the strengths and weaknesses of the works, and their genesis. Most importantly, he is clear-eyed in his attempt to locate Pym's works within both English history and the changing literary tastes of the mid-20th century. He is particularly perceptive on the clash between modernism and the traditionalists, and Pym's gradual awareness of political and social realities. I also enjoy his view on how and why the Americans took to Pym from 1978 onward - perhaps largely because it matches my own!
So, in closing, not a biography, but a smart overview of the novels from a critical perspective. ( )