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Author:   Zénó Vernyik ,  Matthias Weßel ,  Henry Innes MacAdam ,  Stephen Ingle
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.649kg
ISBN:  

9781793622259

ISBN 10:   1793622256
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   17 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Matthias Weßel Acknowledgements From Reviving the Dinosaur to Reconnecting with the Visionary: An Introduction to the Volume and an Overview of the State of Koestler Studies Zénó Vernyik Part 1: Between Genres and Subgenres Chapter 1: Bucco the Peasant: A Play Embedded in The Gladiators, Its Narrative Function and Relevance for Understanding Koestler’s Fiction Henry Innes MacAdam Chapter 2: Can There Be Multiple Keys? The Age of Longing and the Genre of the Roman‑à‑clef Zénó Vernyik Part 2: The Political Novel Chapter 3: Images of Revolution: Orwell’s Animal Farm and Koestler’s The Gladiators Stephen Ingle Chapter 4: Bernard’s Vision of the Totalitarian State in Arrival and Departure: A Discourse Analytical View of Political Metaphors Uwe Klawitter Part 3: Investigating the Self and Its Dilemmas through the Prism of the Novel Chapter 5: Beyond Communism: Reflections on Rubashov’s Character from the Perspectives of Identity, Ethics and Relevance Alice Eged Chapter 6: Rubashov’s Heritage: The Tragedy of Futility – Portraying the Individual Where No Individuality Is Allowed Krisztián Kacsinecz and Szilvia Deisler Part 4: The Zionist Novel: Nation, Identity and Race Chapter 7: Thieves in the Night: Land and Identity Jenni Calder Chapter 8: Arthur Koestler and the Jewish Race According to Thieves in the Night Motti Inbari Part 5: The Novel as Summary Chapter 9: The Call-Girls: A Valedictory Novel Louis Gordon

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Should there be any doubts as to the relevance of Arthur Koestler’s fiction for the 21st century, the essays in this eminently accessible volume dispel them with a vengeance. Covering all the novels to have appeared in English, with an editor who commands an unrivalled knowledge of the secondary literature in different languages, and with contributors from an impressive variety of backgrounds, it displays a degree of coherence rare in a compilation. Indispensable reading for all with an interest in an indispensable writer. -- Howard Gaskill, University of Edinburgh This collection of essays promises to spark a revival of interest in a writer known chiefly for Darkness at Noon, but whose other narratives likewise merit contemporary readership. Never more so than in an era enamored of political idealism and averse to the lessons of the past. Rubashov and Beyond bridges twentieth- and twenty-first century concern in its analyses of Koestler’s eventual aversion to Marxism, and then to Nazism. Rounding out the volume are commentaries on Koestler’s response to twentieth-century Zionism, with each of the volume’s contributions providing valuable bibliographical information and accounting, with admirable detail, for historical context. -- James Duban, University of North Texas

Should there be any doubts as to the relevance of Arthur Koestler's fiction for the 21st century, the essays in this eminently accessible volume dispel them with a vengeance. Covering all the novels to have appeared in English, with an editor who commands an unrivalled knowledge of the secondary literature in different languages, and with contributors from an impressive variety of backgrounds, it displays a degree of coherence rare in a compilation. Indispensable reading for all with an interest in an indispensable writer. -- Howard Gaskill, University of Edinburgh This collection of essays promises to spark a revival of interest in a writer known chiefly for Darkness at Noon, but whose other narratives likewise merit contemporary readership. Never more so than in an era enamored of political idealism and averse to the lessons of the past. Rubashov and Beyond bridges twentieth- and twenty-first century concern in its analyses of Koestler's eventual aversion to Marxism, and then to Nazism. Rounding out the volume are commentaries on Koestler's response to twentieth-century Zionism, with each of the volume's contributions providing valuable bibliographical information and accounting, with admirable detail, for historical context. -- James Duban, University of North Texas

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Zénó Vernyik is assistant professor and head of the English department at the Technical University of Liberec.

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