Product Description

"The Contemporary British Novel" is a lively, wide-ranging guide to the key issues in writing in Britain since the mid-1970s, including social change, gender, sexuality, class, history and ethnicity. Designed to address problems faced by students in the exciting but challenging field of contemporary fiction, the text is organised to focus on major topics including: the changing nature of British identity; the representation of urban identity and urban spaces; class issues including the rise and fall of the middle class; and multiracial identity and hybridity. The second edition includes a new introduction and a new chapter on fiction since the millennium. Every chapter has been revised and now includes an initial overview and recommended reading to offer guidance on further study. It includes readings of novels by: Martin Amis, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Jonathan Coe, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie, Will Self, Zadie Smith, Jeanette Winterson among others.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104688 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 257 pages

Review
"'Phil Tew is the perfect Virgil to guide readers through the underworld of the contemporary English novel.' Will Self 'an important contribution to current critical debates on the future of the novel.' Professor Patricia Waugh, University of Durham"

Professor Patricia Waugh, University of Durham
An important contribution to current critical debates on the
future of the novel

About the Author
Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies.