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UNINA9910143282903321 |
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Autore |
Shaffer Brian W. <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000 [[electronic resource] /] / Brian W. Shaffer |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
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9786610238170 |
0-470-99706-0 |
0-470-79388-0 |
0-470-99736-2 |
1-280-23817-8 |
1-4051-4880-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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