A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction (E-Book, PDF)

eBook - Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9781405152150
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 304 S., 0.93 MB
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
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<p><b><i>A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction</i> offers an authoritative overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts.</b></p><ul><li>Focuses on the fiction that has emerged since the late 1970s, roughly since the start of the Thatcher era.</li><li>Comprises original essays from major scholars.</li><li>Topics range from the rise and fall of the postcolonial novel to controversies over the celebrity author.</li><li>The emphasis is on the whole fiction scene, from bookstores and prizes to the changing economics of film adaptation.</li><li>Enables students to read contemporary works of British fiction with a much clearer sense of where they fit within British cultural life.</li></ul>
James F. English is Professor and Chair of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author ofComic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain (1994) andThe Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value (2005).