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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
Gill Josie  
Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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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
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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
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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-9910813609103321
London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006
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British novels and the European Union : DysEUtopia / / Lisa Bischoff
British novels and the European Union : DysEUtopia / / Lisa Bischoff
Autore Bischoff Lisa
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages)
Disciplina 823/.92093581
Collana St Antony's series
Soggetto topico English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 21st century
International relations in literature
ISBN 9783031227981
3031227980
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1 -- Introduction: Brexit! -- 2 Defending the Nation -- 3 Taking Back Control -- 4 Remaining or Leaving? -- 5 Conclusion: Breturn?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910682600703321
Bischoff Lisa  
Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]
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Burial plots in British detective fiction / / Lisa Hopkins
Burial plots in British detective fiction / / Lisa Hopkins
Autore Hopkins Lisa
Edizione [1st ed. 2021.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (VII, 201 pages)
Disciplina 221.60901
Collana Crime Files
Soggetto topico Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
History in literature
Murder in literature
ISBN 3-030-65760-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Deep Dead: Detective Fiction and Archaeology -- Chapter 3: The tongue is a fire: Patricia Wentworth’s Miss Silver Novels -- Chapter 4: The Body in the Library: Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Sarah Caudwell -- Chapter 5: Cover Her Face: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama -- Chapter 6: Historic Scotland: Val McDermid’s Cold Cases -- Chapter 7: Crime at Christmas -- Chapter 8: Detecting the Dead -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910483072903321
Hopkins Lisa  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
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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
Collana Environmental cultures series
Soggetto topico English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
Climatic changes in literature
ISBN 1-4742-7115-4
1-4742-7113-8
1-4742-7114-6
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
Bracke Astrid  
London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017
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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
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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
Materiale a stampa
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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
Materiale a stampa
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