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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2010.
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Colección: | Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ;
v. 9. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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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 |