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The impressively wide scope of the study is facilitated by Stevenson's great talents as a storyteller, Not only is Reading the Times a study of narrative, but it also deploys narrative in a highly skilful manner itself . . . light-footed summary . . . able to guide the reader through vast tracts of literary history . . .breathtaking A rich and enjoyable narrative of fiction's various experiments with time over the course of the twentieth century -- David Shackleton, The Review of English Studies great explanatory power . . great strengths . . . relates temporal experiments in fiction to a wide range of material and historical conditions . . . A rich and enjoyable narrative of fiction;s various experiments with time over the course of the twentieth century. -- David Shackleton, Oxford University Press Journals

The impressively wide scope of the study is facilitated by Stevenson's great talents as a storyteller, Not only is Reading the Times a study of narrative, but it also deploys narrative in a highly skilful manner itself . . .light-footed summary . . . able to guide the reader through vast tracts of literary history . . . breathtaking A rich and enjoyable narrative of fiction's various experiments with time over the course of the twentieth century great explanatory power . . great strengths . . . relates temporal experiments in fiction to a wide range of material and historical conditions . . . --David Shackleton The Review of English Studies

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Randall Stevenson is Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Born in the north of Scotland, grew up in Glasgow and studied in the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. Lectured on modern literature in 15 countries in Europe and in Nigeria, South Korea and Egypt. General Editor of the Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain series.

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