


The Author, the Book & the Reader
Robert Giddings is a well-known literary critic and writer who teaches literature, communication and media studies. He has written for both radio and television and frequently broadcosts. He is a reviewer for and contributor to many newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Listener, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Statesman and Society.
The Tradition of Smollett, 1966; an autobiography You My Pyjamas, 1981; The Changing World of Charles LR. Tolkien: This Far Land, 1984; Musical Quotes and True Characters (with Alan Bold), 1984; The Book of an Bold), 1985; Mark Twain: A Sumptuous Variety; rnold: Between Two Worlds, 1986; Who Was Really Ith Alan Bold), 1987; The War Poets 1914-1918, 1988; ovel (with Keith Selby and Chris Wensley), 1989; iperialism, 1991; Echoes of War, 1991.
In this book Robert Giddings explores the literary nexus - the interdependence always existing between writers and their readers through the production and distribution of books. Drawing upon information and insights from the disciplines of history, sociology and politics, as well as media studies and literary criticism, he illuminates the fascinating variation in the ways in which author? have tackled the challenge of truth and story telling. The eight authors chosen to illustrate this theme range from Samuel Johnson in the 18th century to Le Carré in the 20th and all are studied in the cultural context of their time with an emphasis upon the channels of communication and the available technology of printing and publishing. The topic of the how and the why of writing is here treated in a robust and original way and will be of interest to all those with a love of literature in English.
ISBN 1 871551 01 3
Robert Giddings is a well-known literary critic and writer who teaches literature, communication and media studies. He has written for both radio and television and frequently broadcosts. He is a reviewer for and contributor to many newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Listener, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Statesman and Society.
The Tradition of Smollett, 1966; an autobiography You My Pyjamas, 1981; The Changing World of Charles LR. Tolkien: This Far Land, 1984; Musical Quotes and True Characters (with Alan Bold), 1984; The Book of an Bold), 1985; Mark Twain: A Sumptuous Variety; rnold: Between Two Worlds, 1986; Who Was Really Ith Alan Bold), 1987; The War Poets 1914-1918, 1988; ovel (with Keith Selby and Chris Wensley), 1989; iperialism, 1991; Echoes of War, 1991.
In this book Robert Giddings explores the literary nexus - the interdependence always existing between writers and their readers through the production and distribution of books. Drawing upon information and insights from the disciplines of history, sociology and politics, as well as media studies and literary criticism, he illuminates the fascinating variation in the ways in which author? have tackled the challenge of truth and story telling. The eight authors chosen to illustrate this theme range from Samuel Johnson in the 18th century to Le Carré in the 20th and all are studied in the cultural context of their time with an emphasis upon the channels of communication and the available technology of printing and publishing. The topic of the how and the why of writing is here treated in a robust and original way and will be of interest to all those with a love of literature in English.
ISBN 1 871551 01 3