{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-british-fiction-1980-2018-hardback-9781108483414","title":"The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980–2018 (Hardback) 9781108483414","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980–2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGives a comprehensive critical picture of the development of British fiction from the election of Thatcher to the present.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Boxall (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108483414, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 June 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom 1980 to the present, huge transformations have occurred in every area of British cultural life. The election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 ushered in a new neoliberal era in politics and economics that dramatically reshaped the British landscape. Alongside this political shift, we have seen transformations to the public sphere caused by the arrival of the internet and of social media, and changes in the global balance of power brought about by 9\/11, the emergence of China and India as superpowers, and latterly the British vote to leave the European Union. British fiction of the period is intimately interwoven with these historical shifts. This collection brings together some of the most penetrating critics of the contemporary, to explore the role that the British novel has had in shaping the cultural landscape of our time, at a moment, in the wake of the EU referendum of 2016, when the question of what it means to be British has become newly urgent.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: framing the present Peter Boxall\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Overview: 1. The 1980s Bridget Chalk\u003cbr\u003e 2. The 1990s Pieter Vermeulen\u003cbr\u003e 3. Post-millennial literature Leigh Wilson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. New Formations: 4. British writing and the limits of the human Gabriele Griffin\u003cbr\u003e 5. Form and fiction, 1980-the present Kevin Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 6. Institutions of fiction Caroline Wintersgill\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Genres and Movements: 7. Late modernism, postmodernism, and after Martin Eve\u003cbr\u003e 8. Experiment and the genre novel Caroline Edwards\u003cbr\u003e 9. Transgression and experimentation: the historical novel Jerome de Groot\u003cbr\u003e 10. Film and fiction from 1980-the present Petra Rau\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Contexts: 11. The Mid Atlantics Ben Masters\u003cbr\u003e 12. Fiction, religion and freedom of speech, from 'the Rushdie affair' to 7\/7 Stephen Morton\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sexual dissidence and British writing Rebecca Pohl\u003cbr\u003e 14. British cosmopolitanism after 1980 Patrick Deer\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: imagining the future Peter Boxall.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20companions,%20book%20reviews%20\u0026amp;%20guides%20%5BDSRC%5D%22\"\u003eDSRC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266364625176,"sku":"9781108483414","price":71.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108483414i.jpg?v=1696706209","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-british-fiction-1980-2018-hardback-9781108483414","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}