The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000
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
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2002
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 307 pages ; 24 cm
9780521660143, 9780521669665, 0521660149, 0521669669
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State and the novel
Class and social change
Gender and sexual identity
National identity
Multicultural personae
Country and suburbia
Beyond 2000