The Contemporary British Historical Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download The Contemporary British Historical Novel PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Contemporary British Historical Novel book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Contemporary British Historical Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Mariadele Boccardi
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Release Date : 2009-06-25
The Contemporary British Historical Novel written by Mariadele Boccardi and has been published by Palgrave MacMillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-25 with Fiction categories.
"The Contemporary British Historical Novel is the first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book combines a contextual and theoretical framework for the success of historical fiction in Britain in the last forty years with detailed analysis of thirteen novels, from well-known examples of the genre such as The French Lieutenant's Woman and Possession to very recent works, including Philip Hensher's The Mulberry Empire and James Robertson's Joseph Knight. Boccardi discusses the contemporary British historical novel in relation to questions of national identity in the aftermath of the past, particularly in the form of heritage, and as a complex representative of postmodernism in fiction." --Book Jacket.
The Contemporary British Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Philip Tew
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2007-06-26
The Contemporary British Novel written by Philip Tew and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Second edition of this guide for students studying contemporary British writing - written by one of the key academics in the field of modern fiction studies.
Contemporary British Novel Since 2000
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : James Acheson
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-17
Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 written by James Acheson and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Focuses on the novels published since 2000 by twenty major British novelistsThe Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 is divided into five parts, with the first part examining the work of four particularly well-known and highly regarded twenty-first century writers: Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. It is with reference to each of these novelists in turn that the terms arealist, apostmodernist, ahistorical and apostcolonialist fiction are introduced, while in the remaining four parts, other novelists are discussed and the meaning of the terms amplified. From the start it is emphasised that these terms and others often mean different things to different novelists, and that the complexity of their novels often obliges us to discuss their work with reference to more than one of the terms.Also discusses the works of: Maggie OFarrell, Sarah Hall, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Warner, Ali Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Atkinson, Salman Rushdie, Adam Foulds, Sarah Waters, James Robertson, Mohsin Hamid, Andrea Levy, and Aminatta Forna.
Exoticizing The Past In Contemporary Neo Historical Fiction
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : E. Rousselot
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-11-13
Exoticizing The Past In Contemporary Neo Historical Fiction written by E. Rousselot and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays is dedicated to examining the recent literary phenomenon of the 'neo-historical' novel, a sub-genre of contemporary historical fiction which critically re-imagines specific periods of history.
The Contemporary British Historical Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : M. Boccardi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-06-25
The Contemporary British Historical Novel written by M. Boccardi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
A detailed study of an increasingly popular genre, this book offers readings of a group of significant and representative works, drawing on a range of interpretative strategies to examine the ways in which the contemporary historical novel engages with questions of nation and identity to illuminate Britain's post-imperial condition.
History Memory Trauma In Contemporary British And Irish Fiction
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Beata Piątek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
History Memory Trauma In Contemporary British And Irish Fiction written by Beata Piątek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with English fiction categories.
History, memory and trauma as well as their complex interrelations have been lying at the centre of interdisciplinary academic debates since the end of the previous century. These are also themes with which contemporary writers and other artists are increasingly preoccupied in their work. History, Memory, Trauma in Contemporary British and Irish Fiction is an attempt at analysing the relationship between history, memory and trauma in the selected novels of Pat Barker, Sebastian Barry, Kazuo Ishiguro and John Banville. The author examines the notion of memory in a variety of contexts: collective memory in the historical novels of Barker and Barry, individual memory as a foundation of the sense of self in the novels of Banville and Ishiguro, and traumatic memory in the novels of Barry and Ishiguro. By applying the theoretical framework of trauma studies to the work of those renowned writers, History, Memory, Trauma offers new interpretations of their novels. The author demonstrates that contemporary fiction moves beyond mere representation of trauma and engages the reader in the role of co-witness who enables the process of working through trauma.
Contemporary British Fiction
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Nick Bentley
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2008-08-27
Contemporary British Fiction written by Nick Bentley and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture.A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes: (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory and Writing, and (5) Narratives of Cultural Space.
The Historical Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Jerome De Groot
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
The Historical Novel written by Jerome De Groot and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with History categories.
The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround it, including: the development of the historical novel from early eighteenth-century works through to postmodern and contemporary historical fiction different genres, such as sensational or ‘low’ fiction, crime novels, literary works, counterfactual writing and related issues of audience, value, and authenticity the many functions of historical fiction, particularly the challenges it poses to accepted histories and postmodern questioning of ‘grand narratives’ the relationship of the historical novel to the wider cultural sphere with reference to historical theory, the internet, television, and film key theoretical concepts such as the authentic fallacy, postcolonialism, Marxism, queer and feminist reading. Drawing on a wide range of examples from across the centuries and around the globe The Historical Novel is essential reading for students exploring the interface of history and fiction.
The Woman S Historical Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : D. Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-11-19
The Woman S Historical Novel written by D. Wallace and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
The historical novel has been one of the most important forms of women's reading and writing in the twentieth century, yet it has been consistently under-rated and critically neglected. In the first major study of British women writers' use of the genre, Diana Wallace tracks its development across the century. She combines a comprehensive survey with detailed readings of key writers, including Naomi Mitchison, Georgette Heyer, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Irwin, Jean Plaidy, Mary Renault, Philippa Gregory and Pat Barker.
The Novel Now
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Richard Bradford
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2007-01-08
The Novel Now written by Richard Bradford and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Novel Now is an intelligent and engaging survey of contemporary British fiction. Discusses familiar names such as Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, and Angela Carter and compares them with more recent authors, including David Mitchell, Ali Smith, A.L. Kennedy, Matt Thorne, Nicola Barker, and Toby Litt Incorporates original coverage of subgenres such as chick lit, lad lit, gay fiction, crime fiction, and the historical novel Discusses the ways in which notions of regional identity and tribalist views have surfaced in UK and Irish fiction, and how post-Imperial sensibility has become a feature of the ‘British’ novel Situates contemporary fiction within its socio-cultural and literary contexts.