Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Beatriz Domínguez García (Universidad de Huelva)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Tweet Report an Error

Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) is Kate Atkinson’s debut novel and winner of the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year Prize. In the years since its publication, the novel has received significant academic attention. Behind the Scenes established Atkinson’s interest in the female point of view, a trend which became established in a number of works since, including: Transcription (2018): Human Croquet (1997), Emotionally Weird (2000), and Life after Life (2013). In 2002, Emma Parker published a reader’s guide to the novel and argued that Behind the Scenes was the first of a “trilogy” of novels featuring female protagonists in search of not only t…

1849 words

Citation: Domínguez García, Beatriz. "Behind the Scenes at the Museum". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 April 2021 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10380, accessed 07 October 2024.]

10380 Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.