James Kelman / / Simon Kövesi

• Autore: Kövesi Simon
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages) : digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 823.914
• Soggetto topico: Literature; Literature: History & Criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Ireland
• Soggetto non controllato: Booker Prize; City of Culture; James Kelman; Scotland; Scottish socialism; emigration; power relationship; public transport; working-class culture; working-class language
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719070969; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: James 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
• Titolo autorizzato: James Kelman
• ISBN: 1-84779-485-8; 1-78170-104-0; 1-84779-175-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814277903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary British novelists.