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The novel is exclusively set at the (entirely fictitious [cf. "Author's Note"]) University of Gloucester, based loosely on the University of York thanks to the author's brief residence there. Its action takes place in the spring term of 1997 (during the time of Tony Blair's landslide victory). Helen Reed, an English novelist in her early forties with two children old enough to look after themselves, arrives on campus to spend the term there as "writer-in-residence" and to teach a creative writing class -- actually sitting in for a professor ...

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See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. 2001 in literature - Events. The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, hits movie theaters. The film is directed by Peter Jackson February 15 - Author Michael Crichton signed a new two book deal with HarperCollins Publishers reportedly earning $40 million for the two books. July 20 - London: Aft ...

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The theme of adultery features in a wide range of literature through the ages. This is hardly surprising, as the fact of adultery has been a part of the human existence for as long as there has been marriage. As a theme it automatically brings its own conflict, between the people concerned and between sexual desires and a sense of loyalty; it brings intense emotions into the foreground, and has consequences for all concerned. As marriage and family are often regarded as basis of society a story of adultery often shows the conflict b ...

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Lodge studied at University College London, obtaining a BA in 1955 and an MA in 1959. He went on to obtain a PhD at the University of Birmingham, taught English at the University of Birmingham from 1960 until 1987, when he retired to become a full-time writer. He retains the title of Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature at the University and continues to live in Birmingham. His papers are housed at the University of Birmingham Special Collections. Lodge's novels often satirize academia in general, and the humanities in particular. Many of his characters are Roman Catholic, ...

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Similar to, say, Julian Barnes' England, England (1998), Thinks ... is a highly philosophical text full of food for thought. The intellectual discussion in the novel centres around the question of consciousness. On becoming acquainted with Ralph Messenger, Helen Reed, who holds the traditional—and seemingly almost old-fashioned—view that consciousness is the business of the humanities, in particular of literary criticism, that there is, and also should be, a clear-cut Cartesian dualism between mind and body, this Helen Reed ...

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