Publisher's Synopsis
The symposium Graham Greene in Perspective held on 22-23 November 1990 at the University of Mainz has brought together scholars from Britain, France and Germany whose special interest is Graham Greene's literary achievement. Their lectures and analyses are assembled in this volume of Anglo-American Studies. They are concerned with major themes in the novels of the 40s and the 50s (Peter Erlebach), Knowing in Brighton Rock (Jean-Yves Monnier), the two worlds of Travels with my Aunt (Volker Schulz), the image of the novelist (Nigel Wood), the adaptation for the cinema (Ann Piroelle), Greene as Catholic novelist (Heinz Antor), The Comedians (Dorothea Barrett), dimensions of political experience (Uwe Boeker), escape and liberation (Paul O'Prey), Monsignor Quixote (Wolfgang G. Mueller), The Human Factor (Thomas M. Stein) and postmodern features in Graham Greene's novels (Grahame Smith).
