The 1970s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

Herausgeber: Mcleod, John; Tew, Philip; Hubble, Nick; Wilson, Leigh

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Produktbeschreibung

How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1970s shape Contemporary British Fiction? Exploring the impact of events like the Cold War, miners' strikes and Winter of Discontent, this volume charts the transition of British fiction from post-war to contemporary. Chapters outline the decade's diversity of writing, showing how the literature of Ian McEwan and Iain Sinclair interacted with the experimental work of B.S. Johnson. Close contextual readings of Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and English novels map the steady break-up of Britain. Tying the popularity of Angela Carter and Fay Weldon to the growth of the Women's Liberation Movement and calling attention to a new interest in documentary modes of autobiographical writing, this volume also examines the rising resonance of the marginal voices: the world of 1970s British Feminist fiction and postcolonial and diasporic writers. Against a backdrop of social tensions, this major critical reassessment of the 1970s defines, explores and better understands the criticism and fiction of a decade marked by the sense of endings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781350003507
• ISBN-10: 1350003506
• Artikelnr.: 46770037

Autorenporträt

Nick Hubble is Head of English Literature at Brunel University, UK. John McLeod is Professor of Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures in the School of English at the University of Leeds, UK. Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK, Director of Brunel's Centre for Contemporary Writing and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Britain
in the 1970s - Controversies and Cultures Nick Hubble, John McLeod and
Philip Tew 1 Selective Traditions: Refreshing the Literary History of the
Seventies Mark P. Williams 2 The Ordinariness of the Extraordinary Break-Up
of Britain Nick Hubble 3 1970s Feminist Fiction Sonya Andermahr 4 Black
British Culture and Fiction in the 1970s John McLeod 5 'This Time It's
Personal': Reliving and Rewriting History in 1970s Fiction Sam Goodman 6
Turbulent Times: Conflicts, Ideology and the Experimental British Novel,
1969-1979 Philip Tew 7 Fiction, Representation and the Contemporary British
Novel: A Story of the American Reception of British Novels of the 1970s
Doryjane Birrer 8 Melancholy Interest: J. G. Farrell's Troubles and the
Politics of Perspective Timeline of Works Timeline of National Events
Timeline of International Events Biographies of Writers Index