LEADER 02941nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910966635603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611947682 010 $a9781281947680 010 $a1281947687 010 $a9780748630370 010 $a0748630376 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(Perlego)1708789 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000552662 100 $a20080707d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary British fiction /$fNick Bentley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) 225 1 $aEdinburgh critical guides to literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780748624195 311 08$a0748624198 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-238) and index. 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 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.91409 686 $aHN 1295$2rvk 700 $aBentley$b Nick$0295132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966635603321 996 $aContemporary British Fiction$91127035 997 $aUNINA