Ian McEwan's Enduring Love: A Routledge Study Guide in Bloomington, MN

Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel
Enduring Love
(1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. Renowned author Peter Childs explores the intricacies of this haunting novel to offer:
an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of
a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
a selection of new and reprinted critical essays on
, by Kiernan Ryan, Sean Matthews, Martin Randall, Paul Edwards, Rhiannon Davies and Peter Childs, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section
cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
suggestions for further reading.
Part of the
Routledge Guides to Literature
series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Enduring Love and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds it.