TY - BOOK ID - 21862324 TI - Reading the novel in English 1950-2000 PY - 2005 SN - 1405101148 9781405101141 140510113X 9781405101134 PB - Malden, MA Oxford Carlton : Blackwell publishing, DB - UniCat KW - English-speaking countries KW - 820-31 "19" KW - Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 KW - 820-31 "19" Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 KW - Commonwealth fiction (English) KW - English fiction KW - English literature KW - History and criticism KW - Irish authors&delete& KW - Intellectual life KW - History and criticism. KW - Irish authors KW - 20th century KW - Authors [Irish ] KW - LITTERATURE IRLANDAISE KW - 20E SIECLE KW - HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21862324 AB - * 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. ER -