Poverty in contemporary literature : themes and figurations on the British book market /

Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re- )con...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Korte, Barbara, 1957- (Author), Zipp, Georg (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
1900-2099
English literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Poverty in literature.
Equality in literature.
Income distribution in literature.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Pauvreté dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Revenu > Répartition, dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Income distribution in literature
English literature
Equality in literature
Poverty in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re- )configure how people think, feel and behave in relation to poverty. This study investigates life-writing, fiction and non-fiction with a poverty theme, produced in Britain from the mid-1990s to the present and contributes to the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781137429292
1137429291

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