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UNINA9910825305603321 |
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Titolo |
End of empire and the English novel since 1945 / / edited by Rachael Gilmour and Bill Schwarz |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-78499-179-1 |
1-78499-178-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : digital file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Imperialism in literature |
Decolonization in literature |
Literature |
Literary Studies: From C 1900 - |
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Ireland |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2011. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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END OF EMPIRE and the English novel since 1945; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: End of empire and the English novel: Bill Schwarz; 1. The road to Airstrip One: Anglo-American attitudes in the English fiction of mid-century: Patrick Parrinder; 2. Josephine Tey and her descendants: conservative modernity and the female crime novel: Cora Kaplan; 3. Colonial fiction for liberal readers: John Masters and the Savage family saga: Richard Steadman-Jones |
4. The entropy of Englishness: reading empire's absence in the novels of William Golding: Rachael Gilmour 5. The empire of romance: love in a postcolonial climate: Deborah Philips; 6. Passage from Kinjanja to Pimlico: William Boyd's comedy of imperial decline: Michael L. Ross; 7. Unlearning empire: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger: Huw Marsh; 8. 'I am not the British Isles on two legs': travel fiction and travelling fiction |
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from D.H. Lawrence to Tim Parks: Suzanne Hobson; 9. Queer histories and postcolonial intimacies in Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty: Sarah Brophy |
10. The return of the native: Pat Barker, David Peace and the regional novel after empire: James Procter11. Saturday's Enlightenment: David Alderson; Afterword: The English novel and the world: Elleke Boehmer |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first book-length critical work devoted to the impact of the end of empire, this book traces imperial memory in mainstream English literature since the Second World War. Authors studied include Josephine Tey, William Golding, Penelope Lively, David Peace and Ian McEwan. |
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