Contemporary British fiction / edited by Richard Lane, Rod Mengham, and Philip Tew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lane, Richard J., 1966-

Mengham, Rod, 1953-

Tew, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

This important new book provides a comprehensive introduction to British fiction from 1979 to the present. The volume outlines the main developments in contemporary fiction and engages with key themes such as cultural identity, gender, myth and history, postcolonialism and urban culture. In a series of lively and accessible essays, key critics introduce a broad range of leading British writers, including Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Will Self, Pat Barker, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis and Zadie Smith. Offering an illuminating analysis and contextualiztion of British fiction today, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary literature.

Contents:

General Introduction: Contemporary British Fiction / Rod Mengham 1

Part I Myth and History 9

1 Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy / John Brannigan 13

2 The Fiction of Jim Crace / Richard J. Lane 27

3 The Novels of Graham Swift / Tamas Benyei 40

4 The Writing of Iain Sinclair / Rod Mengham 56

Part II Urban Thematics 69

5 The Fiction of Will Self / Liorah Anne Golomb 74

6 Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia / Anthony Ilona 87

7 Zadie Smith's White Teeth / Dominic Head 106

8 The Fiction of A. L. Kennedy / Philip Tew 120

Part III Cultural Hybridity 141

9 Salman Rushdie / Stephen Baker 145

10 The Fiction of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh / Drew Milne 158

11 Caryl Phillips / Brad Buchanan 174

Part IV Pathological Subjects 191

12 The Fiction of Angela Carter / Robert Eaglestone 195

13 Jeanette Winterson's Evolving Subject / Kim Middleton Meyer 210

14 Kazuo Ishiguro and the Work of Art / Mark Wormald 226

15 The Fiction of Martin Amis / James Diedrick 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745628664

0745628672

OCLC:

49952627