Rose Tremain : A Critical Introduction.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Displacement in Rose Tremain's First Novel: Sadler's Birthday -- References -- Chapter 3 Female Itineraries: The Road to Empowerment in Letter to Sister Benedicta and The Cupboard -- Ruby, The Reluctant Pasionaria -- Erica, the Writer as 'Decorator of Lavatory Paper' -- References -- Chapter 4 Gender Provinces: Realism and Feminism in The Swimming Pool Season -- References -- Chapter 5 Seventeenth-Century Panorama: The Function of History in Restoration -- References -- Chapter 6 Mindscapes as Landscapes: Journeys of the Self in Sacred Country and The Way I Found Her -- Sacred Country: A Transgender Journey -- The Way I Found Her: A Journey Through World Literature -- References -- Chapter 7 Historical 'Terrains': Music and Silence and The Colour -- Music and Silence: The Dominant and the Muted -- The Colour: A Neo-Victorian Tale of Emancipation -- References -- Chapter 8 Foreign Prospects and Local Entrenchments: Immigration in The Road Home and Trespass -- The Road Home: Revisiting the Bildungsroman -- Trespass: A Regional Thriller -- References -- Chapter 9 A Picaresque Journey: Merivel: A Man of His Time -- References -- Chapter 10 Conclusion: The Gustav Sonata -- References -- Appendix -- Observations by Rose Tremain -- On Landscape -- On Vichy France -- Restoration as Satire -- Realism and Truth -- Bibliography -- Index.

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