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The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book provides a fresh perspective on the diverse writings that appeared during the decade, bringing together leading academics in the field in order to: Trace the concerns that emerged as central to 1990s fiction, in sections on millennial anxieties, identity politics, the relationship between the contemporary and the historical, and representations of contemporary space Offer distinctive new readings of the most important novelists of the period, including Martin Amis, Beryl Bainbridge, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, A. S. Byatt, Hanif Kureishi, Ian McEwan, Iain Sinclair, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson Show how British fiction engages with major cultural debates of the 1990s, such as the concern with representing various identities and cultural groups, or theories of "the end of history" Discuss 1990s fiction in relation to broader literary and critical theories, including postmodernism, post-feminismand postcolonialism Together the essays highlight the ways in which the writing of the 1990s represents a development of the themes and styles of the post-war novel generally, yet displays a range of characteristics distinct to the decade.British Fiction of the 1990sis essential reading for those working in the field of recent fiction or studying any of the authors discussed.

Table Of Contents:
Notes on contributors vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction: mapping the millennium: themes and trends in contemporary British fiction 1(18)

NICK BENTLEY
PART I Millennial anxieties 19(74)

1 From excess to the new world order 21(21)

FRED BOTTING

2 'Refugees from time': history, death and the flight from reality in contemporary writing 42(15)

ANDRZEJ GASIOREK

3 Science and fiction in the 1990's 57(21)

PATRICIA WAUGH

4 British science fiction in the 1990's: politics and genre 78(17)

ROGER LUCKHURST
PART II Identity at the fin de si猫cle 93(58)

5 The McReal thing: personal/national identity in Julian Barnes's England, England 95(13)

SARAH HENSTRA

6 Cyberspace and the body: Jeanette Winterson's The.PowerBook 108(15)

SONYA ANDERMAHR

7 'Fascinating violation': Ian McEwan's children 123(12)

PETER CHILDS

8 'Tongues of bone': A.L. Kennedy and the problems of articulation 135(18)

HELEN STODDART
PART III Historical fictions 151(42)

9 Mr Wroe's Virgins: the 'other Victorians' and recent fiction 153(14)

B.E. MAIDMENT

10 Pat Barker's vanishing boundaries 167(12)

LYNDA PRESCOTT

11 Singular events: the 'as if' of Beryl Bainbridge's Every Man for Himself 179(14)

FIONA BECKET
PART IV Narrative geographies 193(45)

12 Iain Sinclair's millennial fiction: the example of Slow Chocolate Autopsy 195(14)

JULIAN WOLFREYS

13 Hedgemony? Suburban space in The Buddha of Suburbia 209(17)

SUSAN BROOK

14 Iain Sinclair: the psychotic geographer treads the border-lines 226(12)

PETER BROOKER
Index 238

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