Roddy Doyle: The Essential Guide

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Random House, May 31, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 240 pages

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with Roddy Doyle relating specifically to the novels under discussion.

Roddy Doyle's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary.

Featuring the texts: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van and A Star Called Henry.

 

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Contents

Cover
RODDY DOYLE
VINTAGE LIVING TEXTS
Reading guides for The Snapper
Reading guides for The
Contexts comparisons and complementary readings
Reading guides

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Roddy Doyle
Margaret Reynolds,Jonathan Noakes
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abuse allusions ANALYSE ASSESS attitudes band Barrytown Trilogy Bimbo boys chapter characters Charlo child childhood Colm Tóibín comedy comic Commitments Consider Contexts section dialogue DISCUSSION OR ESSAYS domestic violence Doyle’s Doyle's novels Dublin Easter Rising effect episode example fact father feel fiction film Focus going happened humour idea images imagination Ireland Irish Jimmy Rabbitte Jimmy Sr Jimmy's Kilbarrack kind language literary LOOK BACK marriage narrative narrator novel Paddy Clarke Paddy's parents Paula perspective play point of view political portrayed reaction reader Reading activities reading the novel realised relation relationship religion remember RESEARCH AND COMPARE rhythm Roddy Doyle Rory and Ita scene sense Sharon slang Snapper social songs Star Called Henry story suggest technique tell themes things truth Veronica VINTAGE LIVING TEXTS voice Walked Into Doors Woman Who Walked women words working-class writing

About the author (2012)

The Series Editors of Vintage Living Texts have, between them, more than thirty years teaching experience at senior school and undergraduate level.

Bibliographic information

TitleRoddy Doyle: The Essential Guide
Volume 10 of Vintage Living Texts
AuthorsJonathan Noakes, Margaret Reynolds
PublisherRandom House, 2012
ISBN1448139155, 9781448139156
Length240 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century
Literary Criticism / Modern / 21st Century
  
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