Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Starting with a sophisticated exploration of the historical development of the grotesque in literature, the book outlines the aesthetic trajectories of Angela Carter, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Will Self and Toby Litt and offers detailed critical readings of key works of modern fiction including The Bloody Chamber (1979), Money (1984), The Child in Time (1987), The Wasp Factory (1984), Great Apes (1997) and Ghost Story (2004). The book shows how the grotesque continues to be a powerful force in contemporary writing and provides an illuminating picture of often controversial aspects of recent fiction."--Publisher's website.

English fiction --- Grotesque in literature. --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Literature --- Literary Theory --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh --- Ireland --- Angela Carter. --- British fiction. --- British grotesque. --- British literature. --- European literary tradition. --- Iain Banks. --- Ian McEwan. --- Martin Amis. --- Toby Litt. --- Will Self. --- artistic mode. --- contemporary British writing. --- hallucinating characters. --- monstrous metamorphoses.