Contemporary British Fiction /
Bentley, Nick
Contemporary British Fiction / Nick Bentley - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008. - 245 [5] s. ; 22 cm. - Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature . - Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature .
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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
9780748624195 (hb). 9780748624201 (pb)
Literatura angielska--20 w.
Literatura angielska--21 w.
82(091)=111
Contemporary British Fiction / Nick Bentley - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008. - 245 [5] s. ; 22 cm. - Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature . - Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature .
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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
9780748624195 (hb). 9780748624201 (pb)
Literatura angielska--20 w.
Literatura angielska--21 w.
82(091)=111