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The English Novel in History, 1950 to the Present
Contributor(s): Connor, Professor Steven (Author), Connor, Steven (Author)

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 ISBN: 041507231X     ISBN-13: 9780415072311
Publisher: Routledge
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1995
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Annotation: "The English Novel In History" describes and analyses the most striking features and developments in British prose fiction since the Second World War. Steven Connor focuses on the characteristic power of the novel's address--its power to project, sustain and diversify its audience.
"The English Novel In History" develops richly particularised analyses of a number of key areas of postwar fiction. Connor discusses works which inherit and adapt the tradition of the "condition of England" novel, both from the inside perspective of British-born writers such as Angus Wilson and Margaret Drabble and the "outside in" perspectives of novelists such as Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie. He examines novels' treatment of history as well as the self-conscious re-writing of the novel's own history, and concludes with an analysis of the complex meditations on the nature of narrative ending offered by such authors as George Orwell and Julian Barnes, posing various kinds of political, economic and military catastrophe in the postmodern world.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 823.081
LCCN: 95-4304
Series: Novel in History
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.7 lbs) 268 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Steven Connor provides in-depth analyses of the novel and its relationship with its own form, with contemporary culture and with history. He incorporates an extensive and varied range of writers in his discussions such as
* George Orwell
* William Golding
* Angela Carter
* Doris Lessing * Timothy Mo
* Hanif Kureishi
* Marina Warner
* Maggie Gee
Written by a foremost scholar of contemporary culture and theory, The English Novel in History, 1950 to the Present offers not only a survey but also a historical and cultural context to British literature produced in the second half of this century.
 
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