Vol. 13, 2009

Volume 13: SPECIAL ISSUE
Worlds within Words: Twenty-first Century Visions on
the Work of Julian Barnes
Contents

Title/AUTHOR(S) Page
In Memoriam: Peter Widdowson 9
In Memoriam: Matei Călinescu 10
Aknowledgements 13
List of Abbreviations 14
Introduction: Criss-crossing Lines
VANESSA GUIGNERY
15
The Age of Suspicion and Replenishment 25
Alternatives to Metanarrative in the Work of Julian Barnes
BIANCA LEGGETT
26
Truth Takes a Holiday: Julian Barnes’s England, England and
the Theme Park as Literary Genre

GREGORY J. RUBINSON
39
Competing Narratives in Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George
ANA-KARINA SCHNEIDER
50
The Erosion of Victorian Discourses in Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George
BOZENA KUCALA
61
National Identity: Defining Englishness 74
“A peculiarly English idiosyncrasy?” Julian Barnes’s Use of Lists in England, England
CHRISTINE BERBERICH
75
Constructions of Englishness in Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George
ELSA CAVALIÉ
88
Consolation or Desolation? Approaching Death and Religion 101
Conversations about Death: Julian Barnes’s The Lemon Table
FREDERICK M. HOLMES
102
Beneath a Bombers’ Moon: Barnes and Belief
PETER CHILDS
120
“I don’t believe in God but I miss Him”: Religion and Nostalgia
in the Work of Julian Barnes

WOJCIECH DRAG
130
Why Julian Barnes Couldn’t Possibly Miss God
DANIEL CANDEL BORMANN
143
Reviews 159
David Herman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Narrative 
ADRIANA NEAGU
186
Notes on Contributors 162
Call for Papers 166
Call for Membership 169
ISSN 1841-1487 (Print)
ISSN 1841-964X (Online)
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