LEADER 03311nam 2200781 450 001 9910791951603321 005 20191203153043.0 010 $a1-84779-485-8 010 $a1-78170-104-0 010 $a1-84779-175-1 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847791757 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085732 035 $a(EBL)1069527 035 $a(OCoLC)818847223 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712794 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12280898 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712794 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650601 035 $a(PQKB)11669018 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086909 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069527 035 $a(UkMaJRU)992979761523001631 035 $a(DE-B1597)660122 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847791757 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085732 100 $a20191203h20132007 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJames Kelman /$fSimon Ko?vesi 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) $cdigital file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary British novelists 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7097-X 311 $a0-7190-7096-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a9780719070969; 9780719070969; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Busconductor Hines (1984); 3 A Chancer (1985); 5 How late it was, how late (1994); 6 Translated Accounts (2001) andYou Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free (2004); Select bibliography; Index 330 $aJames Kelman is Scotland's most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as a distinct literary response to particular aspects of contemporary working-class language and culture. Richly historicised through diverse contexts such as Scottish socialism, public transport, emigration, 'Booker Prize' culture and Glasgow's controversial 'City of Culture' status in 1990, Simon Kove 410 0$aContemporary British novelists. 606 $aLiterature$2mup 606 $aLiterature: History & Criticism$2bicssc 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh$2bisach 606 $aIreland$2thema 610 $aBooker Prize. 610 $aCity of Culture. 610 $aJames Kelman. 610 $aScotland. 610 $aScottish socialism. 610 $aemigration. 610 $apower relationship. 610 $apublic transport. 610 $aworking-class culture. 610 $aworking-class language. 615 7$aLiterature 615 7$aLiterature: History & Criticism 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh 615 7$aIreland 676 $a823.914 700 $aKo?vesi$b Simon$0873516 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791951603321 996 $aJames Kelman$93694669 997 $aUNINA