04436nam 22007211c 450 991046446510332120200115203623.01-4725-4234-71-4411-6148-110.5040/9781472542342(CKB)3710000000109868(EBL)1644317(SSID)ssj0001109323(PQKBManifestationID)11643294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001109323(PQKBWorkID)11124532(PQKB)11442192(MiAaPQ)EBC1644317(Au-PeEL)EBL1644317(CaPaEBR)ebr10867525(CaONFJC)MIL615991(OCoLC)893336465(OCoLC)1119106532(UtOrBLW)bpp09255826(EXLCZ)99371000000010986820140929d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary British fiction and the artistry of space style, landscape, perception David JamesLondon New York Continuum 2008.1 online resource (204 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84706-494-9 1-4411-3192-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-190) and indexAcknowledgements -- Introduction: The Spatial Imaginary of Contemporary British Fiction -- 1. Landscape and Narrative Aesthetics -- 2. New Horizons for the Regional Novel -- 3. Urban Visionaries -- 4. Cartographers of Memory -- 5. Island Encounters -- 6. Epilogue: 'Because Time Is Not like Space' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index"This study examines the importance of space for the way contemporary novelists experiment with style and form, offering an account of how British writers from the past three decades have engaged with landscape description as a catalyst for innovation. David James considers the work of more than fifteen major British novelists to offer a wide-ranging and accessible commentary on the relationship between landscape and narrative design, demonstrating an approach to the geography of contemporary fiction enriched by the practice of aesthetic criticism. Moving between established and emerging novelists, the book reveals that spatial poetics allow us to chart distinctive and surprising affinities between practitioners, showing how writers today compel us to pay close attention to technique when linking the depiction of physical places to new developments in novelistic craft." --Book JacketThis study examines the importance of space for the way contemporary novelists experiment with style and form, offering an account of how British writers from the past three decades have engaged with landscape description as a catalyst for innovation. David James considers the work of more than fifteen major British novelists to offer a wide-ranging and accessible commentary on the relationship between landscape and narrative design, demonstrating an approach to the geography of contemporary fiction enriched by the practice of aesthetic criticism. Moving between established and emerging novelists, the book reveals that spatial poetics allow us to chart distinctive and surprising affinities between practitioners, showing how writers today compel us to pay close attention to technique when linking the depiction of physical places to new developments in novelistic craftContinuum literary studies.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterary studies: from c 1900 -English fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismLandscapes in literatureCities and towns in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Landscapes in literature.Cities and towns in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.823.9140936James David1979-941047UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910464465103321Contemporary British fiction and the artistry of space2122200UNINA