The Cambridge companion to British postmodern fiction / edited by Bran Nicol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nicol, Bran, 1969- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature. Topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

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

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Postmodern modes of writing have contributed to a rich tradition of innovative and memorable British fiction in the period stretching from the late twentieth century to the present day. Postmodernism has been dismissed as introspective or ahistorical, but its British incarnation demonstrates how compassionate, political, and socially conscious it can be. This volume provides fresh, accessible readings of the most influential examples of postmodern British fiction - and work by more recent, post-millennial writers working in its slipstream. It plots its emergence, reassesses its highpoint in the 1980s and 1990s, and delineates its legacy in the twenty-first century. A valuable resource for students, researchers, and the general reader, this Companion provides powerful critical frameworks to understand its geographies; its relationship to North American postmodernism; its renovation of literary forms such as the romance, speculative fiction, and the historical novel; and its vibrant engagements with race, gender, sexuality, and questions of national identity.

Contents:

Introduction: British postmodern fiction / Bran Nicol

The politics of postmodern British fiction / Hywel Dix

British postmodern fiction and the rise of 'declinism' / Graham Matthews

Postmodern British literature and the postcolonial / Graham MacPhee

The geographies of British postmodern fiction / Neal Alexander

Transatlantic fictions / Stephen J. Burn

The Scottish postmodern novel? / Stephanie Lehner

Outside postmodernism : B.S. Johnson before, during and after / Glyn White

The recovery of genre in contemporary British fiction : return of the romance / Suzanne Keen

Alternative realisms : speculation, magic and miracle in British postmodern fiction / Andrew Tate

'Queer' postmodernism? British gay and lesbian fiction / Kate Haffey

Black British and British Asian fiction : postmodernism and beyond / Kristian Shaw

History and the British novel after postmodernism / Alison Lee

Neo-Victorian fiction / Patricia Pulham

The end of postmodernism? / Bran Nicol

British fiction beyond postmodernism / Nick Bentley

Postmodern British fiction : then and now / Hans Bertens.

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ISBN:

1-009-58588-6

1-009-58592-4

1-009-58590-8

OCLC:

1525475031