Contemporary British fiction / Nick Bentley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentley, Nick.

Series:

Edinburgh critical guides to literature.

Edinburgh critical guides to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes:. (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Narrative Forms: Postmodernism and Realism; 2. Writing Contemporary Ethnicities; 3. Gender and Sexuality; 4. History, Memory and Writing; 5. Narratives of Cultural Space; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-238) and index.

ISBN:

9786611947682

9781281947680

1281947687

9780748630370

0748630376

OCLC:

304174101