The Contemporary British Novel

2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9320-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Second edition of this guide for students studying contemporary British writing - written by one of the key academics in the field of modern fiction studies.

An introduction to contemporary British literature organised around key themes, including social change, urban identity and history
- Includes new discussion of major contemporary authors alongside less well-known writers, with a particular focus on writing over the last decade
- This new edition includes a new introduction, a chapter on 'post-millennial fictions' including writing since 2000 and an appendix including the Granta Young British Novelists lists from 1983-2003
- New student-friendly text design, including chapter overviews, annotated recommended reading and websites at the end of each chapter.

The Contemporary British Novel is a lively, wide-ranging guide to the key issues in writing in Britain since the mid-1970s, including social change, gender, sexuality, class, history and ethnicity. Designed to address problems faced by students in the exciting but challenging field of contemporary fiction, the text is organised to focus on major topics including:

- the changing nature of British identity;
- the representation of urban identity and urban spaces;
- class issues including the rise and fall of the middle class;
- multiracial identity and hybridity.

The second edition includes a new introduction and a new chapter on fiction since the millennium focusing on a post 9/11 aesthetic. Every chapter has been revised for the new edition and now includes an initial overview and recommended reading to offer guidance on further study.

Includes readings of novels by: Martin Amis, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Jonathan Coe, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie,Will Self, Zadie Smith, Jeanette Winterson among others.

Zielgruppe

Upper Level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Introductory Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tew, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Critical Introduction
1. Contemporary Britishness: Who, What, Why and When?
1. The Fall and Rise of the Middle Classes
1. Urban Spaces and Identities
4. The Past and the Present
5. Multiplicities and Hybridity
6. The Post-millenial, 9/11 and the Traumatological
7. Epilogue: The Teaching and Study of the Contemporary British Novel
Appendix: Granta Best of Young British Novelists 1983, 1993, 2003
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies.