Beyond the Nouveau Roman: Essays on the Contemporary French Novel

Jacket Description/Back: 'An exciting and important series whose principal focus is the interaction of history, politics and literature, especially since the eighteenth century. It also carries fresh appraisals of major intellectuals, writers, periods or cultural phenomena.' -- General Editor: J. E. FlowerMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "essential reading for all students embarking on courses involving study of the modern French novel." --"Forum for Modern Language Studies""It is all very polished, confident, and solid. In consequence the essays should be a real help for anyone embarking on the study of Yourcenar, Duras, Tournier, Sollers, Marie-Claire Blais, Gomez-Arcos, Modiano, Monique Wittig, Patrick Grainville." --"Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association "Publisher Marketing: Our perception of French fictional writing since 1960 has been dominated by the radical questioning of novelistic form instigated by Robbe-Grillet and those writers who are habitually grouped with him under the title Nouveaux Romanciers.