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Contemporary British Fiction / Nick Bentley

By: Bentley, NickContributor(s): Edinburgh University Press [Wydawca]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to LiteraturePublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008. Description: 245 [5] s. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780748624195 (hb). 9780748624201 (pb) Subject(s): Literatura angielska -- 20 w | Literatura angielska -- 21 w
Contents:
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
Summary: 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
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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

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