This stimulating and comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt's work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt's fictions up to and including The Children's Book (2009). The authors also consider her role as a critic, cultural commentator and public intellectual.

Alexa Alfer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern and Applied Languages at the University of Westminster
Amy Edwards de Campos completed her doctorate at Worcester College, Oxford, and now works at the University of East London

Introduction 1. Fathers, Sisters and the Anxiety of Influence: The Shadow of the Sun and The Game 2. Writing the Contemporary: The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life 3. Two Cultures: Babel Tower and A Whistling Woman 4. Tradition and Transformation: Possession and Fairy Tales 5. The Dark Side of the Tale: The Children's Book, The Biographer's Tale and Angels and Insects Critical Storytelling: Peopling the Paper House Bibliography