num_pages: 184
description: Selecting novels representative of distinct phases in Muriel Spark's career, Rodney Stenning Edgecombe explores their themes, style, and structure in a detailed way for the first time. Edgecombe's approach brings to life the delicate nuances, rich allusions, and complicated ironies of Spark's fiction. His careful reading of the novels makes this a penetrating assessment of an important writer.
language: English
title: Vocation and Identity in the Fiction of Muriel Spark
titlecomplete: Vocation and Identity in the Fiction of Muriel Spark (Volume 1)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: University of Missouri