Contemporary British fiction:
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, examining fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh Univ. Press
2008
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| 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, examining fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 245 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780748624195 9780748624201 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Series
Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Chronology
ix
Introduction
Historical and Theoretical Contexts
1975-2005 1
Politics
4
Class
8
Gender and Sexuality
11
Postcolonialism, Multiculturalism
and National Identity
16
Youth and Subcultures
21
A Note on Theory
24
Chapter
1
Narrative Forms:
Postmodernism and Realism
30
Martin Amis, London Fields
(1989) 35
Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
(1992) 44
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
(2000) 52
Chapter
2
Writing Contemporary Ethnicities
65
Salman Rushdie, Shame
(1983) 66
Courttia Newland, Society Within
(1999) 75
Monica
Ali,
Brick Lane
(2003) 83
VI
CONTENTS
Chapter
з
Gender and Sexuality
96
Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
(1977) 97
Jeanette Winterson,
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
(1985) 108
Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
(1992) 117
Chapter
4
History, Memory and Writing
128
Graham Swift,
Waterland
(1983) 131
A. S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance
(1990) 140
Ian McE wan, Atonement
(2001) 148
Chapter
5
Narratives of Cultural Space
160
Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
(1990) 161
Iain Sinclair, Downriver (1991)
172
Julian Barnes, England, England
(1998) 180
Conclusion
192
Student Resources
198
Internet Resources
198
Questions for Discussion
199
Alternative Primary Texts
202
Glossary
205
Guide to Further Reading
214
Index
239
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Contents
Series
Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Chronology
ix
Introduction
Historical and Theoretical Contexts
1975-2005 1
Politics
4
Class
8
Gender and Sexuality
11
Postcolonialism, Multiculturalism
and National Identity
16
Youth and Subcultures
21
A Note on Theory
24
Chapter
1
Narrative Forms:
Postmodernism and Realism
30
Martin Amis, London Fields
(1989) 35
Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
(1992) 44
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
(2000) 52
Chapter
2
Writing Contemporary Ethnicities
65
Salman Rushdie, Shame
(1983) 66
Courttia Newland, Society Within
(1999) 75
Monica
Ali,
Brick Lane
(2003) 83
VI
CONTENTS
Chapter
з
Gender and Sexuality
96
Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
(1977) 97
Jeanette Winterson,
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
(1985) 108
Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
(1992) 117
Chapter
4
History, Memory and Writing
128
Graham Swift,
Waterland
(1983) 131
A. S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance
(1990) 140
Ian McE wan, Atonement
(2001) 148
Chapter
5
Narratives of Cultural Space
160
Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
(1990) 161
Iain Sinclair, Downriver (1991)
172
Julian Barnes, England, England
(1998) 180
Conclusion
192
Student Resources
198
Internet Resources
198
Questions for Discussion
199
Alternative Primary Texts
202
Glossary
205
Guide to Further Reading
214
Index
239 |
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