LEADER 04293nam 22006491c 450 001 9910461588003321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4227-4 010 $a1-283-12254-5 010 $a9786613122544 010 $a1-4411-2867-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472542274 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092796 035 $a(EBL)711014 035 $a(OCoLC)727649525 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521286 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521286 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518451 035 $a(PQKB)10651072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC711014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL711014 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472188 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312254 035 $a(OCoLC)1138501108 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255819 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092796 100 $a20140929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBritish fiction today $fedited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-8731-9 311 $a0-8264-8732-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aAcknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction; Rod Mengham & Philip Tew -- PART I: MODERN LIVES, CONTEMPORARY LIVING Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 1. The Middle Years of Martin Amis - Joe Brooker -- 2. Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity - Dominic Head -- 3. Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe - Pam Thurschwell -- 4. Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity - Kaye Mitchell -- PART II: DISTORTIONS AND DREAMS -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 5. Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd - Tamas Benyei -- 6. Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination - Philip Tew -- 7. Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005- Chris Ringrose -- 8. Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth - Robert Eaglestone -- PART III: STATES OF IDENTITY -- Introduction - Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 9. Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story - Leigh Wilson -- 10. Ian McEwan's Ethical Fiction - Lynn Wells -- 11. Considering Zadie Smith's On Beauty - Fiona Tolan -- 12. Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping - Sonya Andermahr -- PART IV: HISTORIES -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 13. Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy - Nick Hubble -- 14. A.S. Byatt's Woven Realism -Wendy Wheeler -- 15. Fiction's History: Adam Thorpe - Rod Mengham -- 16. Sarah Waters and the Victorians - Mark Wormald -- Index 330 8 $aBritish Fiction Today provides students and readers with a critical introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 and provides the latest critical perspectives on current British fiction. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the new British writing. The book is organised around common themes - Modern Lives, Contemporary Living; Dreamtime; States of Identity and Histories. Each section begins with a short introductory essay and ends with a guide to further reading. Introducing key works, writers and major themes including post-colonialism, pluralism, gender and history, this book is the ideal guide to British fiction today. Includes discussion of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Alan Hollinghurst, Peter Ackroyd, Jenny Diski, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Toby Litt, Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jeanetter Winterson, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Adam Thorpe and Sarah Waters 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.91409 702 $aTew$b Philip 702 $aMengham$b Rod$f1953- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461588003321 996 $aBritish fiction today$91378966 997 $aUNINA