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Literature of the 1980s : after the watershed /

Provides a vibrant account of the diverse literature from a decade which left Britain a very different place. Joseph Brooker relates developments in fiction, poetry and drama to social change - from the new generation of London novelists such as Martin Amis and Ian McEwan to the impact of feminism i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooker, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Provides a vibrant account of the diverse literature from a decade which left Britain a very different place. Joseph Brooker relates developments in fiction, poetry and drama to social change - from the new generation of London novelists such as Martin Amis and Ian McEwan to the impact of feminism in the fiction of Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson. Brooker also considers Black British writers and the fate of working-class writing in the age of Thatcherism. Literature of the 1980s provides a vibrant account of the diversity of writing from a decade which left Britain a very different place.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
ISBN:9780748633968
0748633960
0748651810
9780748651818
1280874937
9781280874932
9786613716248
6613716243