LEADER 03395nam 2200685 a 450 001 996205505203316 005 20210209195118.0 010 $a1-4051-6497-2 010 $a1-280-28611-3 010 $a9786610286119 010 $a0-470-79990-0 010 $a0-470-75767-1 010 $a1-4051-5215-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342002 035 $a(EBL)243586 035 $a(OCoLC)475964659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128264 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128264 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069434 035 $a(PQKB)11318507 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC243586 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4956237 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4956237 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL28611 035 $a(OCoLC)1027142317 035 $a(PPN)148591671 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342002 100 $a20050428d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA concise companion to contemporary British fiction$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by James F. English 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell concise companions to literature and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-2001-0 311 $a1-4051-2000-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLiterary fiction and the book trade / Richard Todd -- Literary authorship and celebrity culture / James F. English and John Frow -- Fiction and the film industry / Andrew Higson -- Tropicalizing london : British fiction and the discipline of postcolonialism / Nico Israel -- New ethnicities, the novel, and the burdens of representation / James Procter -- Devolving the Scottish novel / Cairns Craig -- Northern Irish fiction / John Brannigan -- The historical turn in British fiction / Suzanne Keene -- The woman writer and the continuities of feminism / Patricia Waugh -- Queer fiction / Robert L. Caserio -- The demise of class fiction / Dominick Head -- What the porter saw : on the academic novel / Bruce Robbins. 330 $aA Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction offers an authoritative overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts. Focuses on the fiction that has emerged since the late 1970s, roughly since the start of the Thatcher era.Comprises original essays from major scholars.Topics range from the rise and fall of the postcolonial novel to controversies over the celebrity author.The emphasis is on the whole fiction scene, from bookstores and prizes to the changing economics of film adaptation 410 0$aBlackwell concise companions to literature and culture. 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 676 $a823/.91409 701 $aEnglish$b James F.$f1958-$0623462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996205505203316 996 $aA concise companion to contemporary British fiction$92275265 997 $aUNISA