{"product_id":"contemporary-british-fiction-hardback-9780745628660","title":"Contemporary British Fiction (Hardback) 9780745628660","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary British Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Lane (Edited by), RJ Lane (Author), Rod Mengham (Edited by), Philip Tew (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745628660, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 December 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[An] insightful, perceptive and nuanced analysis ... the collection is a landmark in the critical analysis of current literary culture.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I was impressed by the range and conscientious skill of the critics... this collection discusses much of the best in contemporary British writing, and deserves to be successful.\" \u003ci\u003eSir Frank Kermode, formerly King Edward Professor of English at Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An admirably ambitious attempt to map the contemporary literary scene, impressive both in the range and the depth of its coverage. Certainly the sharpest and most up-to-date book I have read on the subject.\" \u003ci\u003eJonathan Coe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis important new book provides a comprehensive introduction to British fiction from 1979 to the present. The volume outlines the main developments in contemporary fiction and engages with key themes such as cultural identity, gender, myth and history, postcolonialism and urban culture. In a series of lively and accessible essays, key critics introduce a broad range of leading British writers, including Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Will Self, Pat Barker, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis and Zadie Smith. Offering an illuminating analysis and contextualiztion of British fiction today, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors. \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction: Contemporary British Fiction. (Rod Mengham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Myth and History\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. (Richard J. Lane and Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy . (John Brannigan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Fiction of Jim Crace. (Richard J. Lane).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Novels of Graham Swift. (Tamas Benyei).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Fiction of Iain Sinclair. (Rod Mengham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Urban Thematics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. (Richard J. Lane and Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Fiction of Will Self. (Liorah Anne Golomb).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia. (Anthony Ilona).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Zadie Smith's White Teeth. (Dominic Head).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Fiction of A. L. Kennedy. (Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Cultural Hybridity\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. (Richard J. Lane and Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Salman Rushdie. (Stephen Baker).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Fiction of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. (Drew Milne).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Caryl Phillips. (Brad Buchanan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Pathological Subjects\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. (Richard J. Lane and Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Fiction of Angela Carter. (Robert Eaglestone).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Jeanette Winterson's Evolving Subject. (Kim Middleton Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Kazuo Ishiguro and the Work of Art. (Mark Wormald).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Fiction of Martin Amis. (James Diedrick).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Major Theoretical Sources. (Richard J. Lane and Philip Tew).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406587523352,"sku":"9780745628660","price":49.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745628660.jpg?v=1784140462","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contemporary-british-fiction-hardback-9780745628660","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}