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This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important debates in the criticism and research of contemporary British fiction. Nick Bentley analyses the criticism surrounding a range of British novelists including Monica Ali, Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Alan Hollinghurst, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson. Exploring experiments with literary form, this authoritative book considers cutting-edge concerns relating to the neo-historical novel, the relationship between literature and science, literary geographies, and trauma narratives.
Engaging with key literary theories, and identifying present trends and future directions in the literary criticism of contemporary British fiction, this is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English literature, teachers, researchers and scholars.
Table of Contents
Studying Form: Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism
Politics and Contemporary Fiction
Class
Black and Asian British Fiction
Gender and Sexuality
Contemporary Historical Fiction
Geographic Space and National Identity
Literature and Science (Fiction)
Contemporary Trauma Narratives
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Product details
| Published | 15 Nov 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 201 |
| ISBN | 9781137009654 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Illustrations | 40 bw illus |
| Series | Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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