In the following essay, Jackson traces one of Banville's major themes: "the situation of living everyday life in the context of postmodern understandings of knowledge and truth."

In the following essay, McIlroy examines the connection between scientific and literary pursuits in Banville's The Newton Letter, and asserts that it "is an ingenious exploration of how conceptual frames, both artistic and scientific, are imagined and reimagined to produce new syntheses."

In the following essay, Deane, a well-known poet, discusses Banville's awareness that the world he creates in his books is fictive.

In the following essay, McMinn analyzes the way Banville portrays Ireland and its people in his fiction.

In the following review, Cunningham discusses the interrogative nature of Banville's Ghosts and asserts that, "It's at the centre of his power that his mood, his people's mood, the mood of his writing, is interrogative. And in best Modernist fashion, these interrogations don't have straight answers."

In the following interview, Banville talks about his career and his approach to literature.

In the following review, Eder complains of the flat characterization in Banville's Ghosts.

In the following review, Glover asserts that Banville's Athena has a much more conventional plot than his earlier novels.

In the following review, Gorra describes the mood of Banville's Athena and states that, "Plot counts for nothing here, or seems not to, and mood becomes all—a mood sustained by a prose of idiosyncratic and appalling charm."

In the following review. Tracy praises Banville's adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug as "funnier and grimmer" than the original.

In the following review, Norfolk calls Banville's Ghosts "a strange and austere book."

In the following review, MacCann discusses Banville's Athena and concludes that "At the heart of his writing appears to be a fear of uglification by the ordinary."

In the following review, Craig discusses the dream-like quality of Banville's Athena.

In the following excerpt, Driver complains that Banville's Mefisto "is massively overwritten with a distinctly Irish lyrical imperative and studious lexicality."

In the following review, Whiteside praises Banville's Ghosts, but calls it a difficult book.

In the following review, Stanford states, "Mr Banville's surface technique [in The Newton Letter presents no difficulties and few idiosyncrasies whilst nevertheless leaving us with a feeling of experience steeped in all its local habitation"]