LEADER 03302nam 2200697 450 001 996211199503316 005 20230107002514.0 010 $a9786610238170 010 $a0-470-99706-0 010 $a0-470-79388-0 010 $a0-470-99736-2 010 $a1-280-23817-8 010 $a1-4051-4880-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342190 035 $a(EBL)239849 035 $a(OCoLC)437153135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215740 035 $a(PQKB)11210706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351395 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239849 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7076250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076232 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342190 100 $a20230107d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading the novel in English, 1950-2000 /$fBrian W. Shaffer 210 1$aMalden, Massachusetts :$cBlackwell Publishers,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aReading the novel 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-0113-X 311 $a1-4051-0114-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [212]-254) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: contexts and concepts for reading the novel in English 1950-2000 -- Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim (1954) -- William Golding's Lord of the flies (1954) -- Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart (1958) -- Muriel Spark's The prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) -- Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) -- J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians (1980) -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale (1985) -- Kazuo Ishiguro's The remains of the day (1989) -- Patrick McCabe's The butcher boy (1992) -- Graham Swift's Last orders (1996). 330 $aWritten in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Kaz 410 0$aReading the novel. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism 607 $aEnglish-speaking countries$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.91409 700 $aShaffer$b Brian W.$f1960-$0174763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996211199503316 996 $aReading the novel in English, 1950-2000$92266774 997 $aUNISA