Biofictions : race, genetics and the contemporary novel / / Josie Gill
| Biofictions : race, genetics and the contemporary novel / / Josie Gill |
| Autore | Gill Josie |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.92093529 |
| Collana | Explorations in science and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Race in literature Science in literature |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction 1. The Roots of African Eve: Science Writing on Human Origins and Alex Haley's Roots 2. Race, Genetic Ancestry Tracing and Facial Expression: "Focusing on the Faces" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go 3. "One Part Truth and Three Parts Fiction": Race, Science and Narrative in Zadie Smith's White Teeth 4. "The Sick Swollen Heart of This Land": Pharmacogenomics, Racial Medicine and Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt 5. Mutilation and Mutation: Epigenetics and Racist Environments in Octavia Butler's Kindred and Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Conclusion Bibliography Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420856403321 |
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| Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British fiction today / edited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham
| British fiction today / edited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.91409 |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4725-4227-4
1-283-12254-5 9786613122544 1-4411-2867-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction; Rod Mengham & Philip Tew -- PART I: MODERN LIVES, CONTEMPORARY LIVING Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 1. The Middle Years of Martin Amis - Joe Brooker -- 2. Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity - Dominic Head -- 3. Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe - Pam Thurschwell -- 4. Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity - Kaye Mitchell -- PART II: DISTORTIONS AND DREAMS -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 5. Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd - Tamas Benyei -- 6. Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination - Philip Tew -- 7. Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005- Chris Ringrose -- 8. Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth - Robert Eaglestone -- PART III: STATES OF IDENTITY -- Introduction - Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 9. Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story - Leigh Wilson -- 10. Ian McEwan's Ethical Fiction - Lynn Wells -- 11. Considering Zadie Smith's On Beauty - Fiona Tolan -- 12. Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping - Sonya Andermahr -- PART IV: HISTORIES -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 13. Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy - Nick Hubble -- 14. A.S. Byatt's Woven Realism -Wendy Wheeler -- 15. Fiction's History: Adam Thorpe - Rod Mengham -- 16. Sarah Waters and the Victorians - Mark Wormald -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461588003321 |
| London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British fiction today / edited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham
| British fiction today / edited by Philip Tew and Rod Mengham |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.91409 |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4725-4227-4
1-283-12254-5 9786613122544 1-4411-2867-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction; Rod Mengham & Philip Tew -- PART I: MODERN LIVES, CONTEMPORARY LIVING Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 1. The Middle Years of Martin Amis - Joe Brooker -- 2. Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity - Dominic Head -- 3. Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe - Pam Thurschwell -- 4. Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity - Kaye Mitchell -- PART II: DISTORTIONS AND DREAMS -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 5. Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd - Tamas Benyei -- 6. Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination - Philip Tew -- 7. Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005- Chris Ringrose -- 8. Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth - Robert Eaglestone -- PART III: STATES OF IDENTITY -- Introduction - Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 9. Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story - Leigh Wilson -- 10. Ian McEwan's Ethical Fiction - Lynn Wells -- 11. Considering Zadie Smith's On Beauty - Fiona Tolan -- 12. Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping - Sonya Andermahr -- PART IV: HISTORIES -- Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew -- 13. Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy - Nick Hubble -- 14. A.S. Byatt's Woven Realism -Wendy Wheeler -- 15. Fiction's History: Adam Thorpe - Rod Mengham -- 16. Sarah Waters and the Victorians - Mark Wormald -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789441303321 |
| London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate crisis and the 21st-century British novel / / Astrid Bracke
| Climate crisis and the 21st-century British novel / / Astrid Bracke |
| Autore | Bracke Astrid |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Disciplina |
823/.920936
823.920936 |
| Collana | Environmental cultures series |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Climatic changes in literature |
| ISBN |
9781474271158
1474271154 9781474271134 1474271138 9781474271141 1474271146 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: climate crisis and the cultural imagination -- Collapse -- Pastoral -- Urban -- Polar -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597144103321 |
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| London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English
| A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
823.91409
823/.91409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EnglishJames F. <1958-> |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4051-6497-2
1-280-28611-3 9786610286119 0-470-79990-0 0-470-75767-1 1-4051-5215-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Literary 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143304603321 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English
| A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
823.91409
823/.91409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EnglishJames F. <1958-> |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4051-6497-2
1-280-28611-3 9786610286119 0-470-79990-0 0-470-75767-1 1-4051-5215-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Literary 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996205505203316 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English
| A concise companion to contemporary British fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James F. English |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina |
823.91409
823/.91409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EnglishJames F. <1958-> |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4051-6497-2
1-280-28611-3 9786610286119 0-470-79990-0 0-470-75767-1 1-4051-5215-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Literary 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830206103321 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British fiction / / edited by James F. English
| A concise companion to contemporary British fiction / / edited by James F. English |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.91409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EnglishJames F. <1958-> |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
9786610286119
9781405164979 1405164972 9781280286117 1280286113 9780470799901 0470799900 9780470757673 0470757671 9781405152150 140515215X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Literary 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911019414203321 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary British children's fiction and cosmopolitanism / / by Fiona McCulloch
| Contemporary British children's fiction and cosmopolitanism / / by Fiona McCulloch |
| Autore | McCulloch Fiona |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 pages) |
| Disciplina |
823.009/9282
823.92099282 |
| Collana | Children's Literature and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Children's stories, English - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Cosmopolitanism in literature |
| ISBN |
1-317-57394-3
0-367-34625-7 1-315-73851-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Ethical endeavours -- pt. 2. Conflict and conciliation -- pt. 3. Future freedoms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150347703321 |
McCulloch Fiona
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary British fiction / / Nick Bentley
| Contemporary British fiction / / Nick Bentley |
| Autore | Bentley Nick |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.91409 |
| Collana | Edinburgh critical guides to literature |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
9786611947682
9781281947680 1281947687 9780748630370 0748630376 |
| Classificazione | HN 1295 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Copyright; 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966635603321 |
Bentley Nick
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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