LEADER 04349nam 22006851c 450 001 9910462948603321 005 20211006010802.0 010 $a1-4725-4259-2 010 $a1-4411-6277-1 010 $a1-283-85349-3 010 $a1-4411-0087-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472542595 035 $a(CKB)2670000000308472 035 $a(EBL)1080369 035 $a(OCoLC)821263451 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12426053 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10899055 035 $a(PQKB)10499993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1080369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1080369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632617 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416599 035 $a(OCoLC)893336192 035 $a(OCoLC)820036767 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6160523 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000308472 100 $a20140929d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaggie Gee $ewriting the condition-of-England novel $fby Mine O?zyurt K?ilic? 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cBloomsbury Academic $d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 0 $aBloomsbury literary studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-7161-4 311 $a1-4411-0878-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [163]-174) and index 327 $aContextualising Maggie Gee's fiction -- Author flinging herself from the ivory tower: Dying, in other words -- Of the nuclear family and the hibakusha: the burning book -- Telescopic view of England, England: Light years -- Hard times: Grace and where are the snows -- Are such things done on Albion's shore?: Lost children -- Environmental crisis, from fact to fiction: The ice people and The flood -- Of the two nations: The White family -- Authorship in a globalised world: My cleaner and My driver -- Author interview 327 $aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Contextualising Maggie Gee's Fiction -- Part 2: Major Works -- 2. Author Flinging Herself From the Ivory Tower: Dying, In Other Words -- 3. Of the Nuclear Family and the Hibakusha: The Burning Book -- 4. Telescopic View of England, England: Light Years -- 5. Hard Times: Grace and Where Are the Snows -- 6. Are Such Things Done on Albion's Shore?: Lost Children -- 7. Environmental Crisis, from Fact to Fiction: The Ice People and The Flood -- 8. Of the Two Nations: The White Family -- 9. Authorship in a Globalised World: My Cleaner and My Driver -- Part 3: Criticism and Contexts -- 10. Author Interview -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 330 8 $aThe first female Chair of the Royal Society of Literature and translated into thirteen languages, Maggie Gee is writing the Victorian condition-of-England novel for 21st-century Britain. In the first critical study of Gee's work, Mine O?zyurt Kilic? identifies the specific social problems her novels address and explains the social consciousness similarities Gee shares with the Victorians. Analyzing how Gee adjusts the condition-of-England novel to reflect contemporary Britain enables O?zyurt Kilic? to reveal the accuracy of Gee's rich portraits of Britain. She focuses on Gee's ability to cut across the boundaries of race, class and gender, mix voices from the margin with the majority and challenge and change the idea of the mainstream. As an active, self-conscious and critical participant in the literary world, Gee paints a panoramic view of society. Her critiques of class, race and the world of publishing, allow O?zyurt Kilic? to cover a wide range of topics and detail how English fiction shapes and influences, and is shaped and influenced by, the contemporary literary market 410 0$aContinuum Literary Studies 606 $aNational characteristics, English 606 $2Literary studies: general 607 $aEngland$xIn literature 615 0$aNational characteristics, English. 676 $a823/.914 700 $aK?ilic?$b Mine O?zyurt$0920211 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462948603321 996 $aMaggie Gee$92064088 997 $aUNINA