The Oxford book of English love stories - John Sutherland

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Title
The Oxford book of English love stories
Author
John Sutherland
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
UK Publication Date
19970206

Fiction has been trying for years both to promote and subvert the cliches love encourages. We turn to literature to learn what love is and what it should be, and readers of this collection will find consolation and inspiration in equal measure from some of the sharpest observers of this most essential human emotion.;In tracing the lineaments of "English love" through the fiction of 200 years we can see something of its infinite variety and of the shifting rules of the game. Sylvia Plath seems closer to Aphra Behn than to Elizabeth Gaskell or even Thomas Hardy in her concept of feminine modesty, while violence, or sheer incomprehension, enter the definition in the worlds of D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield. Romantic love is at the heart of the "love story" and these stories, while taking love as their subject, do not always follow the conventional route. Bittersweet endings, ironic angles on traditional platitudes and other surprises make the insights of writers such as Anne Ritchie, Somerset Maugham or V.S. Pritchett always fresh and challenging.

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Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Short stories, English.|Love stories, English.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
464

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