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Reaganism, Thatcherism, and the social novel Reaganism, Thatcherism, and the social novel Colin Hutchinson "Reagan and Thatcher changed everything - even fiction, which is often seen as a bastion of left-liberal thought. This insightful book examines the work of both British and American authors over the … OL11922153W
Marginality in the contemporary British novel Marginality in the contemporary British novel Nicola Allen "The 'Marginal' as a concept has become an integral part of the British novel as it stands at the turn of the century. Both popular and literary fiction since the mid-1970s has seen an increasing emp… OL13683932W
Rereading Conrad Rereading Conrad Daniel R. Schwarz "Rereading Conrad sheds new light on an author who has spoken to readers for over a century. Schwarz's essays take account of recent developments in theory and cultural studies, including postcolonia… OL14943592W
The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction Sarah Henstra "A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson de… OL15596940W
Postcolonial nostalgias Postcolonial nostalgias Dennis Walder "This book offers an original and informed critique of a widespread yet often misunderstood condition -- nostalgia, a pervasive human emotion connecting people across national and historical as well … OL15616438W
Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Audrey Becker "Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Togethe… OL16183875W
Contemporary British Fiction and the Artistry of Space Continuum Lit… Contemporary British Fiction and the Artistry of Space Continuum Lit… David James "This study examines the importance of space for the way contemporary novelists experiment with style and form, offering an account of how British writers from the past three decades have engaged wit… OL17519418W
The Grotesque in Contemporary British Fiction The Grotesque in Contemporary British Fiction Robert Duggan 276 p. ; 23 cm OL17556596W
Angela Carter Angela Carter Linden Peach "This second edition reviews Carter's novels in the light of recent critical developments and offers entirely new perspectives on her work. There are now extended single chapters on Carter's most wid… OL18658013W
The modern library The modern library Carmen Callil The authors have chosen the 194 books since 1950 that they consider to be the best. It includes some familiar names and some surprises. Witty and controversial, their aim is to encourage reading. OL24843218W
The Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction, 1950-2000 The Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction, 1950-2000 Dominic Head 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 twenti… OL2638162W
Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction Suzanne Keen "Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction is a discussion of the debates about the uses of the past contained in British fiction since the Falklands crisis. Suzanne Keen provides a det… OL2685589W
Women authors of detective series Women authors of detective series Moira Davison Reynolds "While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century, the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work presents information on 21 British and American women who wrote during… OL2712207W
Literary Darwinism Literary Darwinism Joseph Carroll In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and rev… OL3384916W
Hardy's influence on the modern novel Hardy's influence on the modern novel Peter J. Casagrande xx, 247 p. ; 23 cm OL4110398W
Twentieth-century epic novels Twentieth-century epic novels Theodore L. Steinberg 247 p. ; 24 cm OL4481771W
Feminist popular fiction Feminist popular fiction Merja Makinen "Can feminist writers appropriate popular genres? This book argues that they can and have done so successfully. Situating feminist writers' move into genre fiction as part of the left's interest in t… OL4799308W
The fiction of Rushdie, Barnes, Winterson, and Carter The fiction of Rushdie, Barnes, Winterson, and Carter Gregory J Rubinson "This book takes an in-depth look at the works of these authors with specific emphasis on how they use literary devices to challenge fundamental ideas about politics, race, nationality and gender. Th… OL5822505W
Contemporary fiction Contemporary fiction Jago Morrison The last twenty-five years have seen an extraordinary renaissance in contemporary fiction in the English language. Jago Morrison's Contemporary Fiction provides a much-needed accessible introduction … OL5968113W
Post-war Jewish fiction Post-war Jewish fiction David Brauner "In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by post-war British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by … OL6210578W
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