End of empire and the English novel since 1945 / / edited by Rachael Gilmour and Bill Schwarz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 823.91409358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Imperialism in literature Decolonization in literature Literature Literary Studies: From C 1900 - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Ireland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Soggetto non controllato |
A Good Man in Africa
Anglo-American attitudes British Empire English novels Englishness John Masters Josephine Tey Kinjanja Moon Tiger Penelope Lively William Boyd William Golding colonial fiction family saga female crime novel postcolonial romance travel fiction |
ISBN |
1-78499-179-1
1-78499-178-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
END OF EMPIRE and the English novel since 1945; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: End of empire and the English novel: Bill Schwarz; 1. The road to Airstrip One: Anglo-American attitudes in the English fiction of mid-century: Patrick Parrinder; 2. Josephine Tey and her descendants: conservative modernity and the female crime novel: Cora Kaplan; 3. Colonial fiction for liberal readers: John Masters and the Savage family saga: Richard Steadman-Jones
4. The entropy of Englishness: reading empire's absence in the novels of William Golding: Rachael Gilmour 5. The empire of romance: love in a postcolonial climate: Deborah Philips; 6. Passage from Kinjanja to Pimlico: William Boyd's comedy of imperial decline: Michael L. Ross; 7. Unlearning empire: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger: Huw Marsh; 8. 'I am not the British Isles on two legs': travel fiction and travelling fiction from D.H. Lawrence to Tim Parks: Suzanne Hobson; 9. Queer histories and postcolonial intimacies in Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty: Sarah Brophy 10. The return of the native: Pat Barker, David Peace and the regional novel after empire: James Procter11. Saturday's Enlightenment: David Alderson; Afterword: The English novel and the world: Elleke Boehmer |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797721903321 |
Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End of empire and the English novel since 1945 / / edited by Rachael Gilmour and Bill Schwarz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 823.91409358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Imperialism in literature Decolonization in literature Literature Literary Studies: From C 1900 - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Ireland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Soggetto non controllato |
A Good Man in Africa
Anglo-American attitudes British Empire English novels Englishness John Masters Josephine Tey Kinjanja Moon Tiger Penelope Lively William Boyd William Golding colonial fiction family saga female crime novel postcolonial romance travel fiction |
ISBN |
1-78499-179-1
1-78499-178-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
END OF EMPIRE and the English novel since 1945; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: End of empire and the English novel: Bill Schwarz; 1. The road to Airstrip One: Anglo-American attitudes in the English fiction of mid-century: Patrick Parrinder; 2. Josephine Tey and her descendants: conservative modernity and the female crime novel: Cora Kaplan; 3. Colonial fiction for liberal readers: John Masters and the Savage family saga: Richard Steadman-Jones
4. The entropy of Englishness: reading empire's absence in the novels of William Golding: Rachael Gilmour 5. The empire of romance: love in a postcolonial climate: Deborah Philips; 6. Passage from Kinjanja to Pimlico: William Boyd's comedy of imperial decline: Michael L. Ross; 7. Unlearning empire: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger: Huw Marsh; 8. 'I am not the British Isles on two legs': travel fiction and travelling fiction from D.H. Lawrence to Tim Parks: Suzanne Hobson; 9. Queer histories and postcolonial intimacies in Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty: Sarah Brophy 10. The return of the native: Pat Barker, David Peace and the regional novel after empire: James Procter11. Saturday's Enlightenment: David Alderson; Afterword: The English novel and the world: Elleke Boehmer |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825305603321 |
Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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