Muriel Spark

Bryan Cheyette

Muriel Spark is widely considered to be one of the most gifted and innovative British novelists of her generation. Professor Cheyette's study is the first to explore her twenty novels as a whole and includes discussion of her short stories, poems and literary criticism.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Biographical Outline
pp vii-viii

Abbreviations and References
pp ix-x

Prologue
pp xi-xii

1 - Life-Stories: Redeeming the Past
pp 1-20

2 - Half-Worlds: Writing Against Conversion
pp 21-35

3 - Beyond Orthodoxy: Death, Demons and Singularity
pp 36-51

4 - Transfigurations: Edinburgh, London, Jerusalem
pp 52-70

5 - Machine-Made Parables: From Satire to Absurdity
pp 71-83

6 - International Messes: Between Life and Art
pp 84-100

7 - Hauntings: The Return of the Repressed
pp 101-117

8 - Continuities and Discontinuities
pp 118-125

Postscript: The Facts of Blood
pp 126-135

Notes
pp 136-141

Select Bibliography
pp 142-145

Index
pp 146-148

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