简介
Summary:
Publisher Summary 1
This important new book provides a comprehensive introduction to British fiction from 1979 to the present. The volume outlines the main developments in contemporary fiction and engages with key themes such as cultural identity, gender, myth and history, postcolonialism and urban culture. In a series of lively and accessible essays, key critics introduce a broad range of leading British writers, including Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Will Self, Pat Barker, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis and Zadie Smith. Offering an illuminating analysis and contextualiztion of British fiction today, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary literature.
目录
Table Of Contents:
List of Contributors vii
General Introduction: Contemporary British Fiction 1(8)
Rod Mengham
Part I Myth and History 9(60)
Introduction 11(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy 13(14)
John Brannigan
The Fiction of Jim Crace 27(13)
Richard J. Lane
The Novels of Graham Swift 40(16)
Tamas Benyei
The Writing of Iain Sinclair 56(13)
Rod Mengham
Part II Urban Thematics 69(72)
Introduction 71(3)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
The Fiction of Will Self 74(13)
Liorah Anne Golomb
Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia 87(19)
Anthony Ilona
Zadie Smith's White Teeth 106(14)
Dominic Head
The Fiction of A. L. Kennedy 120(21)
Philip Tew
Part III Cultural Hybridity 141(50)
Introduction 143(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Salman Rushdie 145(13)
Stephen Baker
The Fiction of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh 158(16)
Drew Milne
Caryl Phillips 174(17)
Brad Buchanan
Part IV Pathological Subjects 191(65)
Introduction 193(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
The Fiction of Angela Carter 195(15)
Robert Eaglestone
Jeanette Winterson's Evolving Subject 210(16)
Kim Middleton Meyer
Kazuo Ishiguro and the Work of Art 226(13)
Mark Wormald
The Fiction of Martin Amis 239(17)
James Diedrick
Glossary of Major Theoretical Sources 256(9)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Index 265
List of Contributors vii
General Introduction: Contemporary British Fiction 1(8)
Rod Mengham
Part I Myth and History 9(60)
Introduction 11(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy 13(14)
John Brannigan
The Fiction of Jim Crace 27(13)
Richard J. Lane
The Novels of Graham Swift 40(16)
Tamas Benyei
The Writing of Iain Sinclair 56(13)
Rod Mengham
Part II Urban Thematics 69(72)
Introduction 71(3)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
The Fiction of Will Self 74(13)
Liorah Anne Golomb
Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia 87(19)
Anthony Ilona
Zadie Smith's White Teeth 106(14)
Dominic Head
The Fiction of A. L. Kennedy 120(21)
Philip Tew
Part III Cultural Hybridity 141(50)
Introduction 143(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Salman Rushdie 145(13)
Stephen Baker
The Fiction of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh 158(16)
Drew Milne
Caryl Phillips 174(17)
Brad Buchanan
Part IV Pathological Subjects 191(65)
Introduction 193(2)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
The Fiction of Angela Carter 195(15)
Robert Eaglestone
Jeanette Winterson's Evolving Subject 210(16)
Kim Middleton Meyer
Kazuo Ishiguro and the Work of Art 226(13)
Mark Wormald
The Fiction of Martin Amis 239(17)
James Diedrick
Glossary of Major Theoretical Sources 256(9)
Richard J. Lane
Philip Tew
Index 265
- 名称
- 类型
- 大小
光盘服务联系方式: 020-38250260 客服QQ：4006604884
云图客服：
用户发送的提问，这种方式就需要有位在线客服来回答用户的问题，这种 就属于对话式的,问题是这种提问是否需要用户登录才能提问
Video Player
×
Audio Player
×
pdf Player
×
