The novels of Jeanette Winterson

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Title:

The novels of Jeanette Winterson

Author:

Makinen, Merja.

ISBN:

9781403940988

9781403940995

Personal Author:

Makinen, Merja.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description:

xii, 179 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Readers' guides to essential criticism

Series Title:

Readers' guides to essential criticism

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (1985) as a Lesbian Text -- Ch. 2. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (1985) as a Postmodern Text -- Ch. 3. Boating for Beginners (1985) and The Passion (1987) -- Ch. 4. Sexing the Cherry (1989) -- Ch. 5. Written on the Body (1992) -- Ch. 6. Art and Lies (1994) -- Ch. 7. Gut Symmetries (1997) and The PowerBook (2000)

Personal Subject:

Winterson, Jeanette, 1959--Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term:

Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century.

Added Author:

Tredell, Nicolas.

Copies:

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Summary

This Reader's Guide brings together, in an approachable form, the range of review and critical material on the novels of Jeanette Winterson. Covering all of Winterson's work, from Oranges are Not the Only Fruit to The PowerBook, Merja Makinen traces the early review reception of each novel on its publication and considers it alongside the larger critical debates that have subsequently evolved. Makinen follows the controversial critical analysis of Winterson as a lesbian writer, and develops the examination of the postmodern aspects of her work, whether as postmodern or post-Modern.

Including a brief discussion of Winterson's most recent novel, Lighthouse Keeping, this is an indispensable guide for anyone studying, or simply interested in, the work of one of Britain's most successful contemporary authors.