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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143282903321

Autore

Shaffer Brian W. <1960->

Titolo

Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000 [[electronic resource] /] / Brian W. Shaffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

9786610238170

0-470-99706-0

0-470-79388-0

0-470-99736-2

1-280-23817-8

1-4051-4880-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Reading the novel

Disciplina

823.91409

823/.91409

Soggetti

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

English fiction - Irish authors - History and criticism

Commonwealth fiction (English) - History and criticism

Electronic books.

English-speaking countries Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: contexts and concepts for reading the novel in English 1950-2000 -- Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim (1954) -- William Golding's Lord of the flies (1954) -- Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart (1958) -- Muriel Spark's The prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) -- Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) -- J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians (1980) -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale (1985) -- Kazuo Ishiguro's The remains of the day (1989) -- Patrick McCabe's The butcher boy (1992) -- Graham Swift's Last orders (1996).

Sommario/riassunto

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, Kaz