03304nam 2200697 a 450 991014328290332120170815121435.097866102381700-470-99706-00-470-79388-00-470-99736-21-280-23817-81-4051-4880-2(CKB)1000000000342190(EBL)239849(OCoLC)437153135(SSID)ssj0000233111(PQKBManifestationID)11208085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233111(PQKBWorkID)10215740(PQKB)11210706(MiAaPQ)EBC351395(MiAaPQ)EBC239849(MiAaPQ)EBC7076250(Au-PeEL)EBL7076250(EXLCZ)99100000000034219020050303d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the novel in English, 1950-2000[electronic resource] /Brian W. ShafferMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20061 online resource (274 p.)Reading the novelDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-0113-X 1-4051-0114-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-254) and index.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).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 strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, KazReading the novel.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fictionIrish authorsHistory and criticismCommonwealth fiction (English)History and criticismEnglish-speaking countriesIntellectual life20th centuryElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionIrish authorsHistory and criticism.Commonwealth fiction (English)History and criticism.823.91409823/.91409Shaffer Brian W.1960-174763MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143282903321Reading the novel in English, 1950-20002266774UNINA