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Hidden possibilities : essays in honor of Muriel Spark

Hosmer, Robert E. editor

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\"Described by David Lodge as \"the most gifted and innovative writer of her generation,\" Muriel Spark had a literary career that spanned from the late 1940s until her death in 2006, and included poems, stories, plays, essays, and, most notably, novels. The extensive bibliography of her works included in this collection reveals the astonishing output of a powerful and sustained creative spirit. Hidden Possibilities gathers a distinguished group of writers from both sides of the Atlantic to offer an informed overview of Muriel Spark's life and work. Critics have often read Spark in a somewhat narrow context-as a Catholic, a woman, or a Scottish writer. The essays in this volume, while making connections between these contexts, cumulatively situate her in a broader European tradition. The volume includes interviews with Spark that cast light both on the course of her professional life and on her notably distinctive personality. \"Hidden Possibilities combines solid scholarship with engaging personal tributes that, collectively, offer an unabashed celebration of Muriel Spark and her work. The essays are a significant addition to full-length studies of Spark while remaining accessible to Spark's fans and readers.\" -Margaret E. Mitchell, University of West Georgia\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Subject: Spark, Muriel Criticism and interpretation. / LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors. / LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. / RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts. / RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic.
• ISBN: 9780268030995, 0268030995

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR6037.P29 Z68 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE