The Virgin in the Garden

The Virgin in the Garden is a 1978 realist novel by English novelist A. S. Byatt. Set during the same year as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the novel revolves around a play about Elizabeth I of England.[1] The novel has strong use of symbolism, which the New York Times called "overloaded", that points towards Elizabeth I.[1] The novel is the first of the Frederica Potter quartet, followed by Still Life (1985), Babel Tower (1996), and A Whistling Woman (2002).[2]

First edition (publ. Chatto & Windus)

Reception

The New York Times describes the writing of "Byatt is essentially a fine, careful and very traditional storyteller."[1]

References
  1. Dinnage, Rosemary (1 April 1979). "England in the 50s". New York Times Books.
  2. Yeazell, Ruth Bernard (28 November 2002). "Overindulgence". London Review of Books. pp. 19–21. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

Further reading
  • Dusinberre, Juliet (1 October 1982). "Forms of Reality in A. S. Byatt's The Virgin in the Garden". Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 24 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1080/00111619.1982.9937771. ISSN 0011-1619.
  • Alfer, Alexa; Edwards De Campos, Amy J. (2010). "Writing the contemporary: The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life". A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling. Contemporary British Novelists. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719066528.003.0003. ISBN 9780719066528.
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