American, British and Canadian Studies

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

Contents

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*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