| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) and index. |
| Contents |
State and the novel -- Class and social change -- Gender and sexual identity -- National identity -- Multicultural personae -- Country and suburbia -- Beyond 2000. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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Romans.
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Engels.
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Roman.
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Geschichte 1950-2000.
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Englisch.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Head, Dominic. Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction, 1950-2000. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521660149 (DLC) 2001043261 (OCoLC)47767179 |
| ISBN |
9780511077661 (electronic bk.) |
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0511077661 (electronic bk.) |
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0511074557 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780511074554 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511117868 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511117862 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511606199 (electronic bk.) |
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0511606192 (electronic bk.) |
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