A.S. Byatt (1936- )


A selective list of literary criticism for the British novelist and Booker Prize winner, A.S. Byatt, including signed articles by recognized scholars, peer and editor reviewed articles, and web sites that follow MLA guidelines for web pages.


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Literary criticism

Nowak, Helge. "A.S. Byatt's Possession for British and for American Readers." On the printing history of the English and American editions of Possession, EESE, August, 1997

(taken offline) A section devoted to A.S. Byatt in George Landow's web pages on postcolonial authors, with essays, often student authored, on her themes, characterization, and imagery.

A web page on A.S. Byatt at the London Guardian contains a short profile of the novelist and links to additional Guardian reviews and interviews

A review of The Biographer's Tale and On Histories and Stories: Selected Essays, reviewed by Ruth Franklin in The New Republic 4/23/01

An interview with A.S. Byatt in which she discusses the 1960s, feminism, and sexual relations. In Salon.com, May 1997

A.S. Byatt talks about Angels and Insects, Possession, and her reaction to D. H. Lawrence, in Salon.com, Aug. 1999

A.S. Byatt page from her U.S. publisher, Random House, provides brief descriptions and blurbs on her novels

A breezy review of Babel Tower, reviewed by Kate McDonnell in an online magazine


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