History and Metafiction in Timothy Mo ’s “An Insular Possession ”

• Authors: Malcolm David
• Languages of publication: PL RU EN DE
• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Neophilologica
• Year: 2000
• Issue: II
• Pages: 165-178

Dates

published

2000

Contributors

author

Malcolm David

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

References

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• Bradbury, Malcolm, The Modern British Novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1994.
• Edwards, Paul, “The Education of Gideon Chase.” Rev. of An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo. London Review of Books 5 June 1986: 20-21.
• Enright, D.J., “Capturing the China Trade.” Rev. of An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo. Times Literary Supplement 9 May 1985: 498.
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• Nünning, Ansgar, “Grenzüberschreitungen: Neue Tendenzen im historischen Roman.” Radikalität und Mäßigung: Der englische Roman seit 1960. Ed. Annegret Maack and Rüdiger Imhof. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1993: 54-73.
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• Winks, Robin, “Truth, Opium and Muddy Waters.” Rev. of An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo. New York Times Book Review 19 April 1987: 2.

Identifiers

ISSN

1509-1619