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02062aam a2200349 i 4500 001 EDC445886B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130107s20132013ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012044027 020 $a 0786470542 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786470549 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)820123016 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d CDX $d YUS $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a PQ2637 I53 Z56 2013 100 1 $a Alder, Bill, $d 1958- 245 10 $a Maigret, Simenon, and France : $b social dimensions of the novels and stories / $c Bill Alder ; foreword by Stephen Knight. 264 1 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2013] 300 $a vii, 212 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, with a particular emphasis on the early formative novels, and the development of plot, characterization and settings. The work seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait of French society is historically accurate"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The Fayard Maigret novels: narratives, contexts, settings and themes, 1931 -- The Fayard Maigret novels: narratives, contexts, settings and themes, 1932 -- The Fayard Maigret novels: Simenon's perspective -- Short stories and journalism: Maigret, Simenon and the crises of the 1930s -- What Maigret did next -- Conclusions. 600 10 $a Simenon, Georges, $d 1903-1989 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Simenon, Georges, $d 1903-1989 $x Jules Maigret. $x Jules Maigret. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z France $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Social change in literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826071529.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDC445886B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search