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- Title
Barry Unsworth and the Arts of Power: Historical Memory, Utopian Fictions.
- Authors
Forter, Greg
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism of several books by Barry Unsworth, including "Sacred Hunger," "Pascali's Island" and "Stone Virgin." It examines the plots of these historical fiction books and addresses the meaning of literary value as it relates to Unsworth's work. The author calls for a change in the kind of criticism associated with Unsworth and emphasizes the role of literary form in establishing the social reality of a work of literature.
- Subjects
ESSAYS; UNSWORTH, Barry, 1930-2012; SACRED Hunger (Book); PASCALI'S Island (Book); STONE Virgin (Book); HISTORICAL fiction -- History &; criticism; LITERARY criticism; LITERARY form
- Publication
Contemporary Literature, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 4, p777
- ISSN
0010-7484
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/cli.2011.0010