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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797882603321

Autore

Byatt Jim

Titolo

Rethinking the monstrous : transgression, vulnerability, and difference in British fiction since 1967 / / Jim Byatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-9502-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

823/.91409355

Soggetti

Other (Philosophy) in literature

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 and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Rethinking the Monstrous considers the remaindered other in contemporary British society and the representation of that other in British fiction since 1967. By examining a diverse range of texts that address an equally diverse range of identities, this book addresses the questions of what otherness means in contemporary society, how it manifests and manages itself, and how the fiction of the period addresses the social anomaly. This book's focus lies with novels that engage with those figures who have remained socially excluded, including the criminally transgressive and the culturally stigmat