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Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000 / / Brian W. Shaffer



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Autore: Shaffer Brian W. <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000 / / Brian W. Shaffer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2006]
©2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina: 823.91409
Soggetto topico: English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - Irish authors - History and criticism
Commonwealth fiction (English) - History and criticism
Soggetto geografico: English-speaking countries Intellectual life 20th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-254) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: 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).
Sommario/riassunto: Written 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
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ISBN: 9786610238170
0-470-99706-0
0-470-79388-0
0-470-99736-2
1-280-23817-8
1-4051-4880-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996211199503316
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