The contemporary British novel since 2000 / edited by James Acheson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acheson, James, Author.

Contributor:

Acheson, James, 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

<i>The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000</i> is in five parts, with the first part examining the work of four particularly well-known and highly regarded twenty-first century writers: Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. It is with reference to each of these novelists in turn that the terms 'realist', 'postmodernist', 'historical' and 'postcolonialist' fiction are introduced, while in the remaining four parts, other novelists are discussed and the meaning of the terms amplified. From the start it is emphasised that these terms and others often mean different things to different novelists, and that the complexity of their novels often obliges us to discuss their work with reference to more than one of the terms.<br>Also discusses the works of: Maggie O'Farrell, Sarah Hall, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Warner, Ali Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Atkinson, Salman Rushdie, Adam Foulds, Sarah Waters, James Robertson, Mohsin Hamid, Andrea Levy, and Aminatta Forna.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Four Voices for the New Millennium

1. Ian McEwan: Lies and Deceptions / David Punter

2. David Mitchell: Global Novelist of the Twenty-First Century / Brian Finney

3. Hilary Mantel: Raising the Dead, Speaking the Truth / Lisa Fletcher

4. Zadie Smith: The Geographies of Marriage / Gretchen Gerzina

pt. II Realism and Beyond

5. Maggie O'Farrell: Discoveries at the Edge / Susan Strehle

6. Sarah Hall: A New Kind of Storytelling / Sue Vice

7. A. L. Kennedy: Giving and Receiving / Alison Lumsden

8. Alan Warner: Timeless Realities / Alan Riach

pt. III Postmodernism, Globalisation and Beyond

9. Ali Smith: Strangers and Intrusions / Monica Germana

10. Kazuo Ishiguro: Alternate Histories / Daniel Bedggood

11. Kate Atkinson: Plotting to Be Read / Glenda Norquay

12. Salman Rushdie: Archival Modernism / Vijay Mishra

pt. IV Realism, Postmodernism and Beyond: Historical Fiction

13. Adam Foulds: Fictions of Past and Present / Dominic Head

14. Sarah Waters: Representing Marginal Groups and Individuals / Susana Onega

15. James Robertson: In the Margins of History / Cairns Craig

pt. V Postcolonialism and Beyond

16. Mohsin Hamid: The Transnational Novel of Globalisation / Janet Wilson

17. Andrea Levy: The SS Empire Windrush and After / Sue Thomas

18. Aminatta Forna: Truth, Trauma, Memory / Jennifer MacGregor.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

ISBN:

1-4744-0374-3

1-4744-0375-1

OCLC:

1301550231