LEADER 02905nam 22006253u 450 001 9910782344403321 005 20231018213147.0 010 $a1-281-94768-7 010 $a9786611947682 010 $a0-7486-3037-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748630370 035 $a(CKB)1000000000552662 035 $a(EBL)380396 035 $a(OCoLC)304174101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10078934 035 $a(PQKB)11267995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380396 035 $a(DE-B1597)616911 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748630370 035 $a(OCoLC)1302164504 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000552662 100 $a20130418d2008 u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary British fiction /$fNick Bentley. 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) 225 1 $aEdinburgh critical guides to literature. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2419-8 327 $aCopyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Narrative Forms: Postmodernism and Realism; 2. Writing Contemporary Ethnicities; 3. Gender and Sexuality; 4. History, Memory and Writing; 5. Narratives of Cultural Space; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index 330 $aThis critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes:. (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory 410 0$aEdinburgh critical guides to literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 4$aEnglish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 615 4$aEnglish fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism. 676 $a823.91409 686 $aHN 1295$2rvk 700 $aBentley$b Nick$0295132 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782344403321 996 $aContemporary British Fiction$91127035 997 $aUNINA