Representations of London in Peter Ackroyd’s Fiction
| Author: | Sa?lam, Berkem | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Pages: | 204 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2578-0 978-0-7734-2578-1 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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A critical literary analysis of how the literature of Peter Ackroyd’s fiction represent the city of London.
Reviews
“Densely argued, with a keen sense of how Ackroyd’s text work[s] on multiple levels, [the author]’s book offers a significant contribution to our understanding of historiographic metafiction and its importance.” – Prof. Laurence Raw, Baakent University- Ankara
“… is convincingly right, and the fact it both explains and describes many of the features of the whole Ackroyd oeuvre is proof of this.” – Prof. Margaret J-M Sönmez, Middle East Technical University
"...brings together a detailed analysis and a very clear argumentative stance on highlighting the palimpsests of his works with a detailed argument on parody, intertextuality and historiographic metafiction, which enables the book to be a significant source for all readers on three points: Ackroyd's tactics as a writer, Ackroyd's fiction among other London books and the deployment of postmodernism." - Interactions
“… is convincingly right, and the fact it both explains and describes many of the features of the whole Ackroyd oeuvre is proof of this.” – Prof. Margaret J-M Sönmez, Middle East Technical University
"...brings together a detailed analysis and a very clear argumentative stance on highlighting the palimpsests of his works with a detailed argument on parody, intertextuality and historiographic metafiction, which enables the book to be a significant source for all readers on three points: Ackroyd's tactics as a writer, Ackroyd's fiction among other London books and the deployment of postmodernism." - Interactions
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I
Chapter 1: Rewriting and Parody
Definitions of Rewriting and Parody
Writing the City
Chapter 2: Rewriting Genre
Detective Fiction
Biography
PART II
Chapter 3: Chatterton
Chapter 4: The House of Doctor Dee
Chapter 5: Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Chapter 6: Hawksmoor
PART III
Conclusion
Bibliography
PART I
Chapter 1: Rewriting and Parody
Definitions of Rewriting and Parody
Writing the City
Chapter 2: Rewriting Genre
Detective Fiction
Biography
PART II
Chapter 3: Chatterton
Chapter 4: The House of Doctor Dee
Chapter 5: Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Chapter 6: Hawksmoor
PART III
Conclusion
Bibliography