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Graham Greene: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
Neil Sinyard
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Description for Graham Greene: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
Hardcover. This biographical narrative of Graham Greene's literary career explores his motives for writing, the literary and cinematic influences that shaped his work, his writing routine and the importance of his childhood experience. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
A new title in Palgrave Macmillan's Literary Lives series, this is a biographical narrative of Graham Greene's literary career. Among other things, it explores his motives for writing; the literary and cinematic influences that shaped his work; his writing routine and the importance of his childhood experience. Greene was elusive and enigmatic, and this book teases out the fiction from his autobiographies, the autobiography from his fictions, sharing Paul Theroux's view that you may not know Greene from his face or speech 'but from his writing, you know everything.'
A new title in Palgrave Macmillan's Literary Lives series, this is a biographical narrative of Graham Greene's literary career. Among other things, it explores his motives for writing; the literary and cinematic influences that shaped his work; his writing routine and the importance of his childhood experience. Greene was elusive and enigmatic, and this book teases out the fiction from his autobiographies, the autobiography from his fictions, sharing Paul Theroux's view that you may not know Greene from his face or speech 'but from his writing, you know everything.'
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Series
Literary Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
169
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333729861
SKU
V9780333729861
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About Neil Sinyard
NEIL SINYARD is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Hull. He is the author of twenty books on film, including Film and Literature: The Art of Screen Adaptation, which includes a comparison of Greene and Hitchcock; Children in the Movies, which discusses the representation of childhood in film and literature; and studies of directors such as Wilder, ... Read more
Reviews for Graham Greene: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
'...for anyone...curious about Greene or how early childhood deprivations produce artists, or how Catholic guilt can screw even the the sharpest of intellects, reading this book is seriously fine entertainment.' - Catherine Ford, The Age Review '...fresh and useful...this book will provide many readers with a new way of getting to know Greene' - Martin Corner, Kingston ... Read more