Essays Tagged: "Waterland"

Waterland: Swift's Recursive Novel- A Mosaic of Histories and Patterns

patterns can be seen and analyzed. This idea of history repeating itself is essential in the novel Waterland, where Graham Swift shifts back and forth between different time periods to help Tom Crick ... yle of writing. By interweaving patterns between history lessons and childhood memories, Swift uses Waterland as an essential recursive styled novel incorporating key ideas about history such as learn ...

(4 pages) 35 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A look at the novel 'Waterland' by Graham Swift. Focusing on how the use of history within the novel exemplifies the reflective style of Swift.

allows us to review earlier decisions and prevent similar mistakes in the future. In Graham Swift's Waterland, the main character Tom Crick embraces the science of history to explain the development o ...

(7 pages) 21 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

The Vanishing Waterland--informative essay on Venice and my experince there.

The Vanishing WaterlandOut of breath and relieved, I plopped down in the closest seat to the window. My boyfriend ...

(4 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

bio criticism paper

mix of both positive and negative opinions. His most famous as well as most well received novel is Waterland, which is the story of the life of a history teacher named Tom Crick (Graham Swift). This ... Award, and the book that won this award for Swift was Shuttlecock. The next book Swift released was Waterland which received the Winifred Holtby Prize from Royal Society of Literature in 1984, and the ...

(5 pages) 3 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology