LEADER 03308nam 22006851c 450 001 9910456765103321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4270-3 010 $a1-282-59075-8 010 $a9786612590757 010 $a1-4411-7888-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472542700 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008164 035 $a(EBL)495364 035 $a(OCoLC)601907430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270992 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10398764 035 $a(PQKB)11440569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495364 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495364 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259075 035 $a(OCoLC)893334869 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255858 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008164 100 $a20140929d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPost-war British women novelists and the canon $fNick Turner 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 0 $aContinuum literary studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8904-1 311 $a0-8264-3454-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [166]-186) and index 327 $aPreface -- Introduction: The Field of Modern Women Writers -- 1. Theories of the Canon -- 2. Iris Murdoch -- 3. Anita Brookner -- 4. Ruth Rendell -- 5. Emma Tennant -- Conclusion: The Contemporary Scene -- Bibliography -- Index 330 8 $aWith the increasing number of books on contemporary fiction, there is a need for a work that examines whom we value, and why. These questions lie at the heart of this book which, by focusing on four novelists, literary and popular, interrogates the canon over the last fifty years. The argument unfolds to demonstrate that academic trends increasingly control canonicity, as do the demands of genre, the increasing commercialisation of literature, and the power of the literary prize. Turner argues that literary excellence, demonstrated by style and imaginative power, is often missing in many works that have become modern classics and makes a case for the value of the 'universal' in literature. Written in a jargon-free style, with reference to many supporting writers, the book raises a number of significant cultural questions about the arts, fashions and literary reputations, of interest to readers in contemporary literary studies. 410 0$aContinuum literary studies. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanon (Literature) 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanon (Literature) 676 $a823.914099287 700 $aTurner$b Nick$g(Nick Peter)$0953768 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456765103321 996 $aPost-war British women novelists and the canon$92156497 997 $aUNINA