British fiction today edited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tew, Philip, editor.

Mengham, Rod, 1953- editor.

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 (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

British Fiction Today provides students and readers with a critical introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 and provides the latest critical perspectives on current British fiction. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the new British writing. The book is organised around common themes - Modern Lives, Contemporary Living; Dreamtime; States of Identity and Histories. Each section begins with a short introductory essay and ends with a guide to further reading. Introducing key works, writers and major themes including post-colonialism, pluralism, gender and history, this book is the ideal guide to British fiction today. Includes discussion of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Alan Hollinghurst, Peter Ackroyd, Jenny Diski, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Toby Litt, Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jeanetter Winterson, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Adam Thorpe and Sarah Waters

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction; Rod Mengham & Philip Tew

PART I: MODERN LIVES, CONTEMPORARY LIVING Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew

1. The Middle Years of Martin Amis - Joe Brooker

2. Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity - Dominic Head

3. Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe - Pam Thurschwell

4. Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity - Kaye Mitchell

PART II: DISTORTIONS AND DREAMS

Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew

5. Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd - Tamas Benyei

6. Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination - Philip Tew

7. Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005- Chris Ringrose

8. Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth - Robert Eaglestone

PART III: STATES OF IDENTITY

Introduction - Rod Mengham and Philip Tew

9. Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story - Leigh Wilson

10. Ian McEwan's Ethical Fiction - Lynn Wells

11. Considering Zadie Smith's On Beauty - Fiona Tolan

12. Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping - Sonya Andermahr

PART IV: HISTORIES

13. Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy - Nick Hubble

14. A.S. Byatt's Woven Realism -Wendy Wheeler

15. Fiction's History: Adam Thorpe - Rod Mengham

16. Sarah Waters and the Victorians - Mark Wormald

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786613122544

9781472542274

1472542274

9781283122542

1283122545

9781441128676

1441128670

OCLC:

727649525