ENGLISH

Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000

By Brian W. Shaffer

Book information

Publisher
Blackwell Pub
Year
2006
ISBN
140510113X, 9781405101134, 1405101148, 9781405101141, 9781405148801, 9780470997369
LCC
PR881 .S53 2006
Open Library ID
OL22709040M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3636257 bytes)
Series
Reading the novel
Pages
276\276
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50
Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Английский язы

Description

Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale , Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart .

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