The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950?2000 (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

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Synopsis: Dominic Head demonstrates how the novel yields a special insight into important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth-century. His study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. Placing novels in their social and historical context, it includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity, and multiculturalism. Accessible and wide-ranging, this is the most current introduction to the subject available.

Book Description: Dominic Head shows how the novel yields a special insight into the important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth-century. Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. Throughout Head places novels in their social and historical context. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity, and multiculturalism. Accessible, wide-ranging and designed specifically for use on courses, this is the most current introduction to the subject available.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Book Type: book