British fictions of the sixties : the making of the swinging decade / Sebastian Groes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groes, Sebastian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Nineteen sixties.

Social change in literature.

Great Britain--In literature.

Great Britain.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New Delhi ; New York ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

British Fictions of the Sixties focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the 1960s can only be understood if, next to its socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in our understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond. British Fictions of the Sixties offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quin, Brigid Brophy, Eva Figes, Alan Burns, Christine Brooke-Rose, Eva Tucker and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Authenticity and Audiotape 17

2 Reconsidering Realism 35

3 ' Women's Skinny Fiction 57

4 Infinite Londons 79

5 English Anti-Novels 99

6 The Extreme Sixties 133

7 Pornotopia 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.

ISBN:

9780826495570

0826495575

OCLC:

946705146