Contemporary novelists : British fiction since 1970
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Contemporary novelists : British fiction since 1970
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- : hbk.
- : pbk.
Available at 19 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Lucre, Love, and Literature / Martin Amis
- In the shadow of monstrosities / Pat Barker
- 'A mixture of genres' / Julian Barnes
- The demythologizing business / Angela Carter
- Remain in dreams / Kazuo Ishiguro
- In black and white / Hanif Kureishi
- The child in us all / Ian McEwan
- A long geographical perspective / Salman Rushdie
- Searching for the inescapable / Zadie Smith
- Past present / Graham Swift
- Sex and drugs and violence / Irvine Welsh
- Boundaries and desire / Jeanette Winterson
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Contemporary Novelists: British Fiction, 1970-2003 introduces and explores the major work of twelve of the most widely-studied British novelists of the last thirty years: Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Graham Swift, Irvine Welsh, and Jeanette Winterson. Treating each author separately, Peter Childs develops new readings of these writers' key novels and provides sections covering literary history and major themes. An introductory chapter examines and explains the dominant concerns of contemporary British novels, as well as changes in fiction, society and criticism since the war. Childs ranges over debates centred on a variety of subjects, from the rumoured death of the novel in the 1970s to its resurrection in the 1980s, to the Booker Prize and the Granta 'Best Young Novelists' lists, while the Conclusion examines the 'state of fiction' at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The volume also includes a helpful timeline which charts the major events, fiction and non-fiction in each year from 1970 to 2003.
Approachable and insightful, this is an indispensable guide for anyone with an interest in the work of some of Britain's most successful contemporary novelists.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Novel Today Martin Amis: Lucre, Love and Literature Pat Barker: In the Shadow of Monstrosities Julian Barnes: 'A Mixture of Genres' Angela Carter: The Demythologizing Business Kazuo Ishiguro: Remain in Dreams Hanif Kureishi: In Black and White Ian McEwan: The Child in Us All Salman Rushdie: A Long Geographical Perspective Zadie Smith: Searching for the Inescapable Graham Smith: Past Present Irvine Welsh: Sex and Drugs and Violence Jeanette Winterson: Boundaries and Desire Conclusion Index
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