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British Fiction Today

By Rod Mengham; Philip Tew (editors)

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2006
ISBN
9781472542274, 9781441128676
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13614473 bytes)
Pages
\225
Time added
2023-06-28 03:31:25

Description

British Fiction Today provides students and readers with a critical introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 and provides the latest critical perspectives on current British fiction. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the new British writing. The book is organised around common themes - Modern Lives, Contemporary Living; Dreamtime; States of Identity and Histories. Each section begins with a short introductory essay and ends with a guide to further reading. Introducing key works, writers and major themes including post-colonialism, pluralism, gender and history, this book is the ideal guide to British fiction today. Includes discussion of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Alan Hollinghurst, Peter Ackroyd, Jenny Diski, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Toby Litt, Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jeanetter Winterson, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Adam Thorpe and Sarah Waters. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Contributors General Introduction Rod Mengham and Philip Tew SECTION I Modern Lives, Contemporary Living Introduction Rod Mengham and Philip Tew CHAPTER ONE The Middle Years of Martin Amis Joseph Brooker CHAPTER TWO Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity Dominic Head CHAPTER THREE Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe Pamela Thurschwell CHAPTER FOUR Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity Kaye Mitchell SECTION II Distortions and Dreams Introduction Rod Mengham and Philip Tew CHAPTER FIVE Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd Tamás Bényei CHAPTER SIX Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination 1997-2004 Philip Tew CHAPTER SEVEN Assessing Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005 Christopher Ringrose CHAPTER EIGHT Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth Robert Eaglestone SECTION III States of Identity Introduction Rod Mengham and Philip Tew CHAPTER NINE Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story Leigh Wilson CHAPTER TEN The Ethical Otherworld: Ian McEwan's Fiction Lynn Wells CHAPTER ELEVEN Identifying the Precious in Zadie Smith's On Beauty Fiona Tolan CHAPTER TWELVE Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping Sonya Andermahr SECTION IV Histories Introduction Rod Mengham and Philip Tew CHAPTER THIRTEEN Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy Nick Hubble CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Loom of the Inordinate': A. S. Byatt's Woven Realism Wendy Wheeler CHAPTER FIFTEEN Fiction's History: Adam Thorpe Roof Mengham CHAPTER SIXTEEN Prior Knowledge: Sarah Waters and the Victorians Mark Wormald Index

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