TY - BOOK ID - 17251231 TI - The contemporary British novel PY - 2011 SN - 9780826493200 9780826493194 082649319X 0826493203 1441114491 9781441114495 9781306844048 1306844045 PB - London: Continuum, DB - UniCat KW - English fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Fiction KW - English literature KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - History and criticism. KW - XXIe s., KW - --English fiction KW - Littérature anglaise KW - --XXe s., KW - Roman anglais KW - XXe s., 1901-2000 KW - XXIe s., 2001-2100 KW - English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism KW - English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17251231 AB - The Contemporary British Novel is a lively, wide-ranging guide to the key issues in writing in Britain since the mid-1970s, including social change, gender, sexuality, class, history and ethnicity. Designed to address problems faced by students in the exciting but challenging field of contemporary fiction, the text is organised to focus on major topics including: - the changing nature of British identity; - the representation of urban identity and urban spaces; - class issues including the rise and fall of the middle class; - multiracial identity and hybridity. The second edition includes a new introduction and a new chapter on fiction since the millennium focusing on a post 9/11 aesthetic. Every chapter has been revised for the new edition and now includes an initial overview and recommended reading to offer guidance on further study. Includes readings of novels by : Martin Amis, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Jonathan Coe, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie,Will Self, Zadie Smith, Jeanette Winterson among others. ER -