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In this survey Ian McEwan emerges as one of those rare writers whose works have received both popular and critical acclaim. His novels grace the bestseller lists, and he is well regarded by critics, both as a stylist and as a serious thinker about the function and capacities of narrative fiction. McEwan’s novels treat issues that are central to our times: politics, and the promotion of vested interests; male violence and the problem of gender relations; science and the limits of rationality; nature and ecology; love and innocence; and the quest for an ethical worldview. Yet he is also an economical stylist: McEwan’s readers are called upon to attend, not just to the grand themes, but also to the precision of his spare writing. Although McEwan’s later works are more overtly political, more humane, and more ostentatiously literary than the early work, Dominic Head uncovers the continuity as well as the sense of evolution through the oeuvre. Head makes the case for McEwan’s prominence - pre-eminence, even - in the canon of contemporary British novelists.

McEwan, Ian --- McEwan, Ian, --- Critique et interprétation --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Critique et interprétation. --- 820 "19" MCEWAN, IAN --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--MCEWAN, IAN

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The South African novelist and Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee is widely studied around the world and attracts considerable critical attention. With the publication of Disgrace Coetzee began to enjoy popular as well as critical acclaim, but his work can be as challenging as it is impressive. This book is addressed to students and readers of Coetzee: it is an up-to-date survey of the writer's fiction and context, written accessibly for those new to his work. All of the fiction is discussed, and the brooding presence of the political situation in South Africa, during the first part of his career, is given serious attention in a comprehensive account of the author's main influences. The revealing strand of confessional writing in the latter half of Coetzee's career is given full consideration. This Introduction will help new readers understand and appreciate one of the most important and challenging authors in contemporary literature.

Coetzee, J. M., --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 820 "19" COETZEE, J. M. --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M. --- 820 "19" COETZEE, J. M. Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M. --- Coetzee, John Maxwell --- 820 "19" COETZEE, J. M --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M --- Coetzee, John M., --- Кутзее, Дж. М., --- Kutzee, Dzh. M., --- קוטזי, ג׳. מ., --- Кутзее, Джон Максвелл, --- Kutzee, Dzhon Maksvell, --- Coetzee, John Maxwell M. --- Coetzee, J. M. --- Coetzee, J.M. --- Coetzee, John M. --- Кутзее, Дж. М. --- Kutzee, Dzh. M. --- Кутзее, Джон Максвелл --- Kutzee, Dzhon Maksvell --- English literature. --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Coetzee, John Maxwell (1940-....) --- Biographies --- Critique et interprétation --- Appréciation

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The importance of J. M. Coetzee in the development of twentieth-century fiction is widely recognised. His work addresses some of the key issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: the relationship between postmodernism and postcolonialism, the role of history in the novel, and the question of how the author can combine an ethical and political consciousness with a commitment to the novel as a work of fiction. In this study, written in 1998, Dominic Head assesses Coetzee's position as a white South African writer engaged with the legacy of colonialism. Through close readings of all the novels, Head shows how Coetzee inhabits a transitional site between Europe and Africa, and it is from this position that his more general concerns emerge. Coetzee's engagement with the problems facing the postcolonial writer, Head argues, is always enriched by his awareness of a wider literary tradition.

820 "19" COETZEE, J. M. --- 820 "19" COETZEE, J. M. Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M. --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M. --- Coetzee, J. M. --- -Criticism and interpretation --- South Africa --- -Africa, South --- In literature --- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature --- South Africa in literature --- Zuid-Afrika in de literatuur --- 820 "19" COETZEE, J. M --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--COETZEE, J. M --- Coetzee, J. M., --- Coetzee, John M., --- Кутзее, Дж. М., --- Kutzee, Dzh. M., --- קוטזי, ג׳. מ., --- Кутзее, Джон Максвелл, --- Kutzee, Dzhon Maksvell, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- In literature. --- Coetzee, J.M. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Coetzee, John Maxwell M. --- Coetzee, John M. --- Кутзее, Дж. М. --- Kutzee, Dzh. M. --- Кутзее, Джон Максвелл --- Kutzee, Dzhon Maksvell --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics

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In this introduction to post-war fiction in Britain, Dominic Head shows how the novel yields a special insight into the important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth century. Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity and multiculturalism. Throughout Head places novels in their social and historical context. He highlights the emergence and prominence of particular genres and links these developments to the wider cultural context. He also provides provocative readings of important individual novelists, particularly those who remain staple reference points in the study of the subject. Accessible, wide-ranging and designed specifically for use on courses, this is the most current introduction to the subject available. An invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.

820-3 "19" --- #KVHA:Literatuurgeschiedenis; Engels --- 820-3 "19" Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- English fiction --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- 20th century --- Littérature anglaise --- --1950 --- XXe s., --- Fiction --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism --- XXe s., 1901-2000

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This Companion showcases the best scholarship on Ian McEwan's work, and offers a comprehensive demonstration of his importance in the canon of international contemporary fiction. The whole career is covered, and the connections as well as the developments across the oeuvre are considered. The essays offer both an assessment of McEwan's technical accomplishments and a sense of the contextual factors that have provided him with inspiration. This volume has been structured to highlight the points of intersection between literary questions and evaluations, and the treatment of contemporary socio-cultural issues and topics. For the more complex novels - such as Atonement - this book offers complementary perspectives. In this respect, The Cambridge Companion to Ian McEwan serves as a prism of interpretation, revealing the various interpretive emphases each of McEwan's more complex works invite, and to show how his various recurring preoccupations run through his career.

McEwan, Ian --- MacEwan, Ian --- McEwan, I. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Makʹi︠u︡en, Iėn --- Макьюэн, Иэн --- McEwan, Ian Russell --- מקיואן, איאן