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The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction

ISBN: 978-1-4051-1386-1
Paperback
264 pages
December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • An in-depth look at contemporary fiction in Britain since 1970

  • 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.

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