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Graham Greene is among the major creative talents of our time. This study concentrates on his achievements as a novelist whose work spanned more than sixty years, and was translated into forty languages. As skilful in writing with humour as with seriousness, he combined the gifts of a superb story-teller with the power to analyse the political ills and human dilemmas of an age of anxiety. As a writer who ‘happened to be a Catholic’, he also reflected the problem of faith and belief in a time of persistent violence. This study describes his vision of the twentieth century, and ... Read more
Graham Greene is among the major creative talents of our time. This study concentrates on his achievements as a novelist whose work spanned more than sixty years, and was translated into forty languages. As skilful in writing with humour as with seriousness, he combined the gifts of a superb story-teller with the power to analyse the political ills and human dilemmas of an age of anxiety. As a writer who ‘happened to be a Catholic’, he also reflected the problem of faith and belief in a time of persistent violence. This study describes his vision of the twentieth century, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780746307588
SKU
V9780746307588
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Mudford
Peter Mudford is Reader in Modern English at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has taught Modern Literature in a number of countries including India and the USA. He has published Birds of a different plumage, a study of British Indian Relations from Akbar to Curzon (Collins); The Art of Celebration: a study of late 19th and early 20th century ... Read more
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