| Description |
vii, 259 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-249) and index. |
| Contents |
I: Realism versus modernism: win, lose or draw? -- Before now. A brief account of the pre-1970s British novel -- Something unusual: Martin Amis and Ian McEwan -- The effects of thatcherism -- The new postmodernists -- II: Excursions from the ordinary -- The new historical novel -- Crime and spy fiction -- III: Sex -- Women -- Men -- Gay fiction -- IV: Nation, race and place -- Scotland -- England, Englishness and class -- The question of elsewhere -- Wales -- The troubles -- Epilogue: the state of the novel. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
1405113863 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1405113855 (alk. paper) |
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9781405113854 (alk. paper) |
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9781405113861 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2438852 |
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NZ1 10847213 |
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