Author: Rubin Rabinovitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The Reaction Against Experiment in the English Novel, 1950-1960. [With Particular Reference to Kingsley Amis, Angus Wilson, C.P. Snow. With a Bibliography.].
Author: Rubin Rabinovitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The Reaction Against Experiment in the English Novel, 1950-1960
Author: Rubin Rabinovitz
Publisher: New York, Columbia U. P
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Examines the works of Amis, Wilson, and Snow from 1950-the 1960's to discover the reasons for, and manifestations of, an apparent change in English literary taste after World War ll.
Publisher: New York, Columbia U. P
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Examines the works of Amis, Wilson, and Snow from 1950-the 1960's to discover the reasons for, and manifestations of, an apparent change in English literary taste after World War ll.
The Reaction Against Experiment
Author: Rubin Rabinovitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Reading the Novel in English 1950 - 2000
Author: Brian W. Shaffer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405148802
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405148802
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts. Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction. Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
British Literature in Transition, 1940-1960: Postwar
Author: Gill Plain
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107119014
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Examines debates central to postwar British culture, showing the pressures of reconstruction and the mutual implication of war and peace.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107119014
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Examines debates central to postwar British culture, showing the pressures of reconstruction and the mutual implication of war and peace.
Understanding Kingsley Amis
Author: Merritt Moseley
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872498617
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872498617
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000
Author: Dominic Head
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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 twentieth century. Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity and multiculturalism. Throughout Head places novels in their social and historical context. He highlights the emergence and prominence of particular genres and links these developments to the wider cultural context. He also provides provocative readings of important individual novelists, particularly those who remain staple reference points in the study of the subject. Accessible, wide-ranging and designed specifically for use on courses, this is the most current introduction to the subject available. An invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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 twentieth century. Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity and multiculturalism. Throughout Head places novels in their social and historical context. He highlights the emergence and prominence of particular genres and links these developments to the wider cultural context. He also provides provocative readings of important individual novelists, particularly those who remain staple reference points in the study of the subject. Accessible, wide-ranging and designed specifically for use on courses, this is the most current introduction to the subject available. An invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.
Perspective in British Historical Fiction Today
Author: Neil McEwan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349082619
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349082619
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The State of the Novel
Author: Dominic Head
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444304720
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction from an expert in this field; Dominic Head is best known for his Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction 1950-2000 Establishes the shared interests of contemporary theorists of the novel, cultural commentators, and novel consumers An ideal supplementary text for students and faculty interested in the novel and contemporary fiction
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444304720
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction from an expert in this field; Dominic Head is best known for his Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction 1950-2000 Establishes the shared interests of contemporary theorists of the novel, cultural commentators, and novel consumers An ideal supplementary text for students and faculty interested in the novel and contemporary fiction
Twentieth Century Fiction
Author: George Woodcock
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349170666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349170666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description