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200 10$aReading the novel in English, 1950-2000$b[electronic resource] /$fBrian W. Shaffer
210   $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (274 p.)
225 1 $aReading the novel
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-4051-0113-X 
311   $a1-4051-0114-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 212-254) and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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).
330   $aWritten in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Kaz
410  0$aReading the novel.
606   $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism
606   $aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism
607   $aEnglish-speaking countries$xIntellectual life$y20th century
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism.
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700   $aShaffer$b Brian W.$f1960-$0174763
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