1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000970200403321

Autore

Burton, Milton

Titolo

Comparative Effects of Radiation : Report of a Conference held in San Juan at the University of Puerto Rico, February 15-19, 1960 / Edited by Milton Burton, J.S. Kirby-Smith, John L. Magee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : John Wiley, 1960

Disciplina

540

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

36D-023

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782344403321

Autore

Bentley Nick

Titolo

Contemporary British fiction / / Nick Bentley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-281-94768-7

9786611947682

0-7486-3037-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)

Collana

Edinburgh critical guides to literature.

Classificazione

HN 1295

Disciplina

823.91409

Soggetti

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism

English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Narrative Forms: Postmodernism and Realism; 2. Writing Contemporary Ethnicities; 3. Gender and Sexuality; 4. History,



Memory and Writing; 5. Narratives of Cultural Space; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes:. (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory