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Black Dogs by Ian McEwan

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Author Biography

Name: Ian (Russell) McEwan
Variant Name: Ian McEwan, Ian Russell McEwan
Birth Date: June 21, 1948
Nationality: British, English
Gender: Male

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Biography of Ian (Russell) McEwan
5102 words, approx. 17 pages
Ian McEwan first came to public notice in 1975; he was immediately recognized as an important and new voice on the fictional scene. Along with Martin Amis and Julian Barnes, his contemporaries, he is one of the most esteemed novelists of his generation....
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Biography of Ian (Russell) McEwan
3907 words, approx. 13 pages
Ian McEwan is very much a product of the new British universities, those popularly known as "plate-glass universities" to distinguish them from the older "red-brick universities" at which writers such as Kinglsey Amis or Philip Larkin have taught or stil...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Black Dogs Information
222 words, approx. 1 pages
<i>Black Dogs</i> is a 1992 novel by the Booker Prize-winning British author Ian McEwan. It concerns the aftermath of the Nazi era in Europe, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s affects those who once saw Communism as a way forward for...


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Rave reviews for Led Zeppelin concert
12/11/2007: 556 words, approx. 2 pages
On the morning after Led Zeppelin's long-awaited reunion concert, the music reviewers were already calling for more.Playing a full set for the first time in nearly three decades, the authors of "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love" rocked the O2 Arena on Monday for...
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Led Zeppelin lets the 'Good Times' roll
12/11/2007: 962 words, approx. 3 pages
After that performance, Led Zeppelin really must go on tour.The reunited rock 'n' roll legends were superb Monday in their first full concert in nearly three decades, mixing in classics like "Stairway to Heaven" and "Black Dog" with the thumping "Kashmir" and the hard-rocking "Dazed...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Wendy Lesser
2,946 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following review, Lesser discusses the two phases of McEwan's career commonly identified by critics, examining such elements as plot, characterization, and style in Black Dogs.
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Critical Review by Kerry Fried
1,451 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following excerpt, Fried examines various aspects of Black Dogs, such as its handling of domestic violence, the importance of Jeremy in comparison to protagonists June and Bernard, its portrayal of the post-World War II period, and the events surrounding the fall of European communism in 1989.
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Critical Review by Ariel Swartley
1,121 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Swartley presents a plot synopsis of Black Dogs, asserting that the character portraits of Bernard and June Tremaine and the attack on June by a pair of feral dogs both reflect McEwan's penchant for examining humanity.
 


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Black Dogs by Ian McEwan

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