Contemporary British Novel FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Contemporary British Novel is a lively, wide-ranging, lucid guide to the key issues in writing in Britain since the mid-1970s, including social change, urban identity, and history and its relationship with the present. Philip Tew provides close readings of key works by a wide range of interesting writers, including both canonical figures and writers neglected in traditional surveys. He argues that contemporary writing should be studied in its own right rather than simply as a continuation of post-war trends and provides a fresh analysis of recent fiction and its historical and cultural contexts in contemporary Britain.
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Tew (U. of Central England, Birmingham) offers a guide to key critical and aesthetic issues that help situate contemporary British fiction (since the mid-1970s) within larger critical, cultural, and literary debates. Through close readings of works b y both canonical and lesser-known writers, he shows how they reflect the changes undergone by British society in recent decades. Some of the themes addressed include social change, urban identity, and the relationship between history and the present. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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