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This book takes a fresh look at English fiction produced in the 1950s. By looking at a range of authors, some canonical, some less well known, it shows that the novel of the period was far more diverse and formally experimental than previous accounts have suggested. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary literary and cultural theories, the author examines the way in which issues and anxieties in 1950s society were articulated and addressed in...

This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts. It brings together scholars working in literary studies, screen studies, sociology and cultural studies whose research interests lie in the aesthetics and cultural politics of youth. It contributes to, and extends, contemporary theoretical perspectives around youth and youth cultures.Contributors examine a range of ...

This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts. It brings together scholars working in literary studies, screen studies, sociology and cultural studies whose research interests lie in the aesthetics and cultural politics of youth. It contributes to, and extends, contemporary theoretical perspectives around youth and youth cultures.Contributors examine a range of ...

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This Edinburgh guide provides an introduction to the major novelists and the main themes in narrative fiction over the last 35 years. It offers a critical discussion of important debates in contemporary fiction engaging with concepts such as postmodernism, the impact of feminism and gender in literary studies, the rise of postcolonial literary theory, and the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. It provides thought ...

Nick Bentley offers a critical analysis to the main themes and literary techniques of Martin Amis, a leading literary figure who has inspired a generation of writers with his distinctive literary style.

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How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 2000s shape contemporary British fiction? The means of publishing, buying and reading fiction changed dramatically between 2000 and 2010. This volume explores how the socio-political and economic turns of the decade, bookended by the beginning of a millennium and an economic crisis, transformed the act of writing and reading. Through consideration of, among other things, the t...

This Edinburgh guide provides an introduction to the major novelists and the main themes in narrative fiction over the last 35 years. It offers a critical discussion of important debates in contemporary fiction engaging with concepts such as postmodernism, the impact of feminism and gender in literary studies, the rise of postcolonial literary theory, and the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. It provides thought ...