The editors’ aim in this volume is to provide ‘new and original interpretations of texts which have established themselves as twentieth century classics’. Moreover, the literary scene was a very different place in 1985, so there must be a good case for reassessment of the text in 2014. Still, it was 29 years ago that Winterson’s debut novel was published, which is older than the average undergraduate student. Given that Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is one of the more recently published texts discussed in this volume and having just published a book on Winter son’s works myself, it felt slightly odd being asked by the editors to ‘revisit’ it as a ‘classic’ text.
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