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Reading the novel in English 1950-2000
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ISBN: 1405101148 9781405101141 140510113X 9781405101134 Year: 2005 Publisher: Malden, MA Oxford Carlton : Blackwell publishing,

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* Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). * Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. * Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. * Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.


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A companion to the British and Irish novel 1945-2000
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ISBN: 9781405113755 Year: 2005 Publisher: Malden : Oxford. Blackwell,

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A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. * Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie * Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene's 'Heart of the Matter', Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and Kazuo Ishiguro's 'The Remains of the Day' * Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel * Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon * Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed.

A companion to the British and Irish novel 1945-2000
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ISBN: 1405113758 0470757612 9786610743377 140516509X 1782684263 1280743379 1405156163 Year: 2005 Publisher: Malden [etc.] Blackwell Publishing

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