The internationalization of English literature

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The internationalization of English literature

Bruce King

（The Oxford English literary history / general editor, Jonathan Bate, v. 13. 1948-2000）

Oxford University Press, 2005, c2004

  • : pbk

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"First published in paperback 2005"--T.p. verso

Author bibliographies: p. [326]-361

Suggestions for further reading: p. [362]-367

Includes index

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内容説明

In the future, what will 'English Literary History' mean? A literary history of England, or one with much looser boundaries, defined only by a communality of language, not by location or history? In this, the last volume in the Oxford English Literary History, Bruce King discusses the literature written by those who have chosen to make England their home since 1948. With decolonization following World War II, and the growth of large immigrant communities in England, came a wave of colonial, postcolonial, and immigrant writers whose entry onto the British cultural landscape forces us to consider what it is to be British, English, or national now that England is multiracial and part of a global economy. King addresses these new trends in English literature and the questions they raise in the first wide-ranging and comprehensive account of immigrant literature set in a social context. Ranging through Black and Asian British prose, poetry, and drama, and writers including V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, and Zadie Smith, King reveals the development of the literature from writing about immigration to becoming English. Now that the literature of England includes Sri Lankans, Egyptians, and British Nigerians, does this mean that we can no longer talk of the English nation as a cultural unit? King concludes persuasively that it does not. We have not seem the demise of national cultures; rather, a new, accomplished, and socially significant body of writing in England is influenced by the interaction between foreign cultures and British traditions. This bold and challenging account of British culture will shape debate for future generations.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. The End of Imperial England and the Seeds of the New: 1948-1969
  • 2. Transformations: 1970-1979
  • 3. Fragmentation and Internationalization: 1980-1989
  • 4. England's New English Literature: 1990-2000
  • Author Bibliographies
  • Suggestions for Further Reading

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