{"product_id":"john-banville-and-his-precursors-pietra-palazzolo-9781350211568","title":"John Banville and His Precursors","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together leading international scholars, \u003ci\u003e John Banville and His Precursors\u003c\/i\u003e explores Booker and Franz Kafka prize-winning Irish author John Banville's most significant intellectual influences. The book explores how Banville's novels engage deeply with a wide range of sources, from literary figures such as Samuel Beckett, Heinrich von Kleist, Wallace Stevens, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Henry James, to thinkers such as Freud, Heidegger, and Blanchot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reading the full range of Banville's writings - from his Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sea \u003c\/i\u003eto his latest book, \u003ci\u003eMrs Osmond \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJohn Banville and His Precursors \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the richness of the author's work. In this way, the book also raises questions about the contemporary moment's relationship to a variety of intellectual and cultural traditions - Romanticism, Modernism, existentialism - and how the significance of these can be appreciated in new and often surprising ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pietra Palazzolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350211567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350211568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Pietra Palazzolo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48484964696319,"sku":"9781350211568","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bf17360-5ec2-4e1e-a123-fe130a2aaf3f.jpg?v=1778047008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-banville-and-his-precursors-pietra-palazzolo-9781350211568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}