The Oxford history of the novel in English. Volume 12, The novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific since 1950 / Coral Ann Howells, Paul Sharrad, and Gerry Turcotte. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howells, Coral Ann, editor.

Sharrad, Paul, editor.

Turcotte, Gerry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Commonwealth fiction (English)--20th century--History and criticism.

Commonwealth fiction (English).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This volume explores the history of English-language prose fiction in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific since 1950, focusing not only on the 'literary' novel, but also on the processes of production, distribution and reception, and on popular fiction and the fictional sub-genres, as well as the work of major novelists, movements, and tendencies.

Contents:

List of contributors

General editor's preface

Introduction / Coral Ann Howells, Paul Sharrad, and Gerry Turcotte

Editorial note

Note on currency. Part 1 Book history : Australia / Katherine Bode

Canada / George L. Parker

Aotearoa/New Zealand / Elizabeth Caffin

South Pacific / Linda Crowl. Part 2 Identities in transition : The novel in Australia from the 1950s / Brigid Rooney

Canada / Cynthia Sugars

Aoetearoa/New Zealand / Kristine Moffat

South Pacific / Paul Sharrad

Transnational movements: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Janet Wilson. Part 3 Fictional modes : Realist fiction since 1950: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Donna Coates

Historical fiction: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Lydia Wevers

Modernist fiction/alternative modernisms: Australia, Canada, New Zealand / Anouk Lang

Postcolonial Gothic: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Gerry Turcotte

Postmodernist and literary experiments: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Victoria Kuttainen and Greg Manning

Children's and young adult novels: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific / Clare Bradford. Part 4 Australia : Major authors: Christina Stead, Patrick White, David Malouf / Margaret Harris

The short story in Australia / Elizabeth Webby

The indigenous Australian novel / Peter Minter and Belinda Wheeler

Multicultural and transnational novels / Robyn Morris

Popular fiction / Roslyn Weaver. Part 5 Canada : Major authors: Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje / Coral Ann Howells

The short story in Canada / W.H. New

Indigenous novels in Canada / Tara Hyland-Russell

Multicultural and transnational novels / Isabel Carera Suárez

Popular fiction / Jeannette Sloniowski and Marilyn Rose. Part 6 New Zealand : Major authors: Janet Frame, Maurice Gee, Patricia Grace / Lawrence Jones

The short story in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Dougal McNeill

Māori novels in English / Christine Prentice

Multicultural and transnational novels / James Meffan

Genre fiction since 1950: crime fiction, dystopia, science fiction, and fantasy / Jennifer Lawn. Part 7 South Pacific : Major authors: Albert Wendt, Sia Figiel, Epeli Hau'ofa / Michelle Keown

Indigenous Pacific fiction in English: the "first wave" / Steven Winduo

Indigenous Pacific fiction in English: the "niu wave" / Mohit Prasad. Part 8 Critical reception : Newspapers and journals / Linda Crowl, Susan Fisher, Elizabeth Webby, and Lydia Wevers

Literary histories / Eva-Marie Kröller. Combined bibliography

Index of novelists since 1950

General index.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-186977-5