VERNYIK, Zénó. "He Is Not English, He Is Not a Novelist; And How Far Is He Even Likeable?" On the Critical Reception of Arthur Koestler's Thieves in the Night. Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos. Sevilla: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, 2016, vol. 38, No 1, p. 71-88. ISSN 0210-6124.
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Original name "He Is Not English, He Is Not a Novelist; And How Far Is He Even Likeable?" On the Critical Reception of Arthur Koestler's Thieves in the Night
Authors VERNYIK, Zénó (348 Hungary, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, Sevilla, Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, 2016, 0210-6124.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Country of publisher Spain
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education – Technical University of Liberec – Repository
UT WoS 000378606800004
Keywords in English Arthur Koestler; reception; foreign policy; Palestine; 1946
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This paper deals with the immediate critical reception of Arthur Koestler's Thieves in the Night. Through a comparative analysis of reviews published at the time of the book's appearance, it aims to show that the said reception was in many cases neither fair, nor focused on the book's literary values. More specifically, in comparing the novel's American reception to its British counterpart, and focusing on the various fallacies and biases appearing predominantly in the latter one, it aims to draw attention to the fact that the present-day obscurity of this commercially successful novel might be, at least partially, due to the often angered and biased reaction to the book's topic and its explicit criticism of British foreign policy, rather than a result of the book's qualities themselves.
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