{"product_id":"9781554582518","title":"A.S. Byatt and the Heliotropic Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eA.S. Byatt’s novel \u003ci\u003ePossession: A Romance\u003c\/i\u003e attracted international acclaim in 1990, winning both the Booker Prize and the Irish Times\/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize. In her long and eminent career, Byatt has steadily published both fiction and non-fiction, the latest of which has not, until now, been given full critical consideration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Jane Campbell’s new book, \u003ci\u003eA.S. Byatt and the Heliotropic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e , a comprehensive critical reading of Byatt’s fiction from \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Game\u003c\/i\u003e , published in the 1960s, to \u003ci\u003eA Whistling Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with an overview of Byatt’s writing and, drawing on her interviews and essays, sets forth the critical principles that inform the novelist’s work. Following this introduction, a chronologically structured account of the novels and short stories traces Byatt’s literary development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as exploring the ways in which Byatt has successfully negotiated a path between twentieth-century realism and postmodern experiment, Campbell employs a critical perspective appropriate to the author’s individualistic feminist stance, stressing the breadth of Byatt’s intellectual concerns and her insistence on placing her female characters in a living, changing context of ideas and experience, especially in their search for creative voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062650192112,"sku":"9781554582518","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554582518_p0.jpg?v=1763754549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554582518","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}