A.S. Byatt /
Boccardi, Mariadele,1972-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A.S. Byatt, a "new" British novelist? -- A resistance to biographical readings: The shadow of the sun (1964) and The game (1967) -- Chronicles of post-war England: The virgin in the garden (1978), Still life (1985), Babel tower (1996), A whistling woman (2002) -- Victorian echoes: Possession: a romance (1990), Angels and insects (1992), and The biographer's tale (2000) -- Colours, textures and narrative patterns: A. S. Byatt's short stories collections -- The inexorable movement of history: The childrem's book (2009) -- A survey of landmark interviews -- Other writings -- Critical reception.
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-