Resources

This page on the Julian Barnes Website provides a number of resources, including links to study guides, books, reviews, and scholarly criticism about the works of Julian Barnes. Books about Julian Barnes Excellent resources for those wishing to study the works of Julian Barnes. Reviews & Scholarly Criticism An extensive list of book reviews and criticism related to the works of Julian Barnes. This page compliments and sometimes duplicates those items listed on individual book pages. Dissertations & Theses Numerous theses have been published on the works of Julian Barnes. If you have written a thesis not listed here, or if you would like to have your thesis published on the Julian Barnes Website, please email the webmaster.

Barnes on Critics You do often feel when you read academic criticism, not that I do it or when you hear academics talking about their books, that they forget theirs is a secondary activity. They forget that however important a critic is, a first-rate critic is always less important, and less interesting, than a second-rate writer. Their job is, firstly, to explain, but secondly to celebrate rather than diminish. -- Bomb Magazine 21 (Fall 1987): 21-23.

Interviews A comprehensive list of interviews with Julian Barnes. Featured Items: A blog of books, websites, and similar items visitors of the Julian Barnes Website may find of interest. Julian Barnes: Papers, 1971-2000: Housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Julian Barnes Archive spans the author's career from his first published fiction "A Self-Possessed Woman" (1975) to Love, etc. published in 2000. Additional papers will find their way to the archive in due course. Julian Barnes: Addition to his papers, 1960-2006 (bulk 1996-2006): This addition to the original acquisition of Julian Barnes Papers contains material related to his literary activity since 2002, as well as older journalistic writings and correspondence primarily from the 1990s. Contents include his 2006 novel Arthur & George, three works of collected essays and short stories, articles, book reviews, other writings, and career-related material. This accretion is divided into two series: I. Works, 1996-2006; and II. Correspondence and Other Papers, 1960-2006. Scholars will be interested to learn that the Harry Ransom Center sponsors fellowships to conduct research in their collections, including the Julian Barnes Archive. Recent fellowships have been awarded to Ryan Roberts (2003-2004) and Vanessa Guignery (2005-2006; 2007-2008), pictured right with Barnes's unpublished manuscript for A Literary History of Oxford).