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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786917703321

Autore

Tew Philip

Titolo

The contemporary British novel / / Philip Tew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

ISBN

1-4411-1449-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

823.91409

Soggetti

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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Critical Introduction; 1. Contemporary Britishness: Who, What, Why and When?; 2. The Fall and Rise of the Middle Classes; 3. Spaces and Styles - Urban Identities; 4. The Past and the Present; 5. Multiplicities and Hybridity; 6. The Post-millenial, 9/11 & the Traumatological; 7. Epilogue: The Teaching and Study of the Contemporary British Novel; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Contemporary British Novel is a lively, wide-ranging guide to the key issues in writing in Britain since the mid-1970s, including social change, gender, sexuality, class, history and ethnicity.  Designed to address problems faced by students in the exciting but challenging field of contemporary fiction, the text is organised to focus on major topics including:  - the changing nature of British identity; - the representation of urban identity and urban spaces; - class issues including the rise and fall of the middle class; - multiracial identity and hybridity.