Babel Tower

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"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.

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Babel Tower canonical 7

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instanceOf novel
author A. S. Byatt
centralPlotElement divorce trial
obscenity trial
containsFictionalWork Babbletower
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception generally positive
explores conflicts between individual autonomy and social norms
relationship between language and power
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy A Whistling Woman
follows Still Life
genre bildungsroman
historical fiction
literary fiction
hasCharacter Jude
Leo
Luk Lysgaard-Peacock
Nigel Reiver
hasISBN 9780701135586
hasProtagonistOccupation academic
teacher
hasSetting London, England
surface form: London

rural England
includedIn contemporary British literature syllabi
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter Frederica Potter
narrativeForm intertextual novel
notableFor complex narrative structure
detailed portrayal of 1960s England
integration of legal transcripts and letters
pageCountApproximate 600
partOfSeries Frederica Quartet
publicationYear 1996
publisher Chatto & Windus
setInCountry England
setInPeriod 1960s
theme censorship
education
feminism
language
law
literary culture
marriage and divorce
personal freedom
titleAlludesTo The Tower of Babel
surface form: Tower of Babel

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A. S. Byatt notableWork Babel Tower
Drabble notableWork Babel Tower
subject surface form: A. S. Byatt
The Virgin in the Garden hasSequel Babel Tower
Still Life hasSequel Babel Tower
A Whistling Woman prequel Babel Tower
A Whistling Woman follows Babel Tower
The Biographer’s Tale precededBy Babel Tower