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Description of  Muriel Spark's Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with Form

1474475965 pdf This book presents a detailed critical analysis of a period of significant formal and thematic innovation in Muriel Sparks literary career. Spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, it identifies formative instances of literary experimentation in texts including The Comforters, The Drivers Seat and The Public Image, with an emphasis on metafiction and the influence of the nouveau roman. As the first critical study to draw extensively on Sparks vast archives of correspondence, manuscripts and research, it provides a unique insight into the social contexts and personal concerns that dictated her fiction.