John Fowles has the distinction of being both a best-selling novelist and one whose work has earned the respect of academic critics. In this clear and concise book, James Acheson traces the development of Fowles' novels from The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman, each concerned with the quest for self-knowledge, through to The Ebony Tower and Daniel Martin. He shows how the sexual element of Fowles' early novels is interwoven with the author's interest in French existentialism as, in his first three ...
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John Fowles has the distinction of being both a best-selling novelist and one whose work has earned the respect of academic critics. In this clear and concise book, James Acheson traces the development of Fowles' novels from The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman, each concerned with the quest for self-knowledge, through to The Ebony Tower and Daniel Martin. He shows how the sexual element of Fowles' early novels is interwoven with the author's interest in French existentialism as, in his first three works of fiction, Fowles' main characters are obliged not only to struggle with sexual issues but to choose between living a life of humdrum conventionality, on the one hand, or seeking to discover a sense of their own 'authenticity' on the other. By the 1970s, however, Fowles' interest in existentialism had begun to wane, his disillusionment taking different forms in The Ebony Tower, a collection of short stories, and in Daniel Martin, the novel that followed it. In A Maggot, his most recent work of fiction, he abandons existentialism in favour of a more generalised philosophical issue - the limits of human knowledge.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: 9780333516690.
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Modern Novelists series. First edition. xi+113 pages with index. Cloth with light bump to one corner. Very good indeed in dustjacket bumped at one corner. This work traces the development of John Fowles's novels from "The Collector", "The Magus" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman", each concerned with the quest for self-knowledge, through to "The Ebony Tower" and "Daniel Martin". The book shows how the sexual element of Fowles's early novels is interwoven with the author's interest in French existentialism as, in his first three works of fiction, Fowles's main characters are obliged not only to struggle with sexual issues but to choose between living a life of conventionality, on the one hand, or seeking to discover a sense of their own "authenticity" on the other. By the 1970s, however, Fowles's interest in existentialism had begun to wane, his disillusionment taking different forms in "The Ebony Tower", a collection of short stories, and in "Daniel Martin", the novel that followed it. In "A Maggot" he abandons existentialism in favour of a more generalized philosophical issue-the limits of human knowledge.
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