03311nam 2200781 450 991079195160332120191203153043.01-84779-485-81-78170-104-01-84779-175-110.7765/9781847791757(CKB)2560000000085732(EBL)1069527(OCoLC)818847223(SSID)ssj0000712794(PQKBManifestationID)12280898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712794(PQKBWorkID)10650601(PQKB)11669018(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086909(MiAaPQ)EBC1069527(UkMaJRU)992979761523001631(DE-B1597)660122(DE-B1597)9781847791757(EXLCZ)99256000000008573220191203h20132007 fy 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJames Kelman /Simon KövesiManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2013.©20071 online resource (224 pages) digital file(s)Contemporary British novelistsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-7097-X 0-7190-7096-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719070969; 9780719070969; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Busconductor Hines (1984); 3 A Chancer (1985); 5 How late it was, how late (1994); 6 Translated Accounts (2001) andYou Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free (2004); Select bibliography; IndexJames Kelman is Scotland's most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as a distinct literary response to particular aspects of contemporary working-class language and culture. Richly historicised through diverse contexts such as Scottish socialism, public transport, emigration, 'Booker Prize' culture and Glasgow's controversial 'City of Culture' status in 1990, Simon KoveContemporary British novelists.LiteraturemupLiterature: History & CriticismbicsscLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshbisachIrelandthemaBooker Prize.City of Culture.James Kelman.Scotland.Scottish socialism.emigration.power relationship.public transport.working-class culture.working-class language.LiteratureLiterature: History & CriticismLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshIreland823.914Kövesi Simon873516UkMaJRUBOOK9910791951603321James Kelman3694669UNINA