The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000

James Acheson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2017

The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000

James Acheson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474403740

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Focuses on the novels published since 2000 by twenty major British novelists

The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 is divided into five parts, with the first part examining the work of four particularly well-known and highly regarded twenty-first century writers: Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. It is with reference to each of these novelists in turn that the terms ‘realist’, ‘postmodernist’, ‘historical’ and ‘postcolonialist’ fiction are introduced, while in the remaining four parts, other novelists are discussed and the meaning of the terms amplified. From the start it is emphasised that these terms and others often mean different things to different novelists, and that the complexity of their novels often obliges us to discuss their work with reference to more than one of the terms.

Also discusses the works of: Maggie O’Farrell, Sarah Hall, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Warner, Ali Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Atkinson, Salman Rushdie, Adam Foulds, Sarah Waters, James Robertson, Mohsin Hamid, Andrea Levy, and Aminatta Forna.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction James Acheson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Four Voices for the New Millennium
1. Ian McEwan: Lies and Deceptions David Punter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. David Mitchell: Global Novelist of the Twenty-First Century Brian Finney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Hilary Mantel: Raising the Dead, Speaking the Truth Lisa Fletcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Zadie Smith: The Geographies of Marriage Gretchen Gerzina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Part II. Realism and Beyond
5. Maggie O’Farrell: Discoveries at the Edge Susan Strehle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6. Sarah Hall: A New Kind of Storytelling Sue Vice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
7. A. L. Kennedy: Giving and Receiving Alison Lumsden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
8. Alan Warner: Timeless Realities Alan Riach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Part III. Postmodernism, Globalisation and Beyond
9. Ali Smith: Strangers and Intrusions Monica Germanà Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
10. Kazuo Ishiguro: Alternate Histories Daniel Bedggood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
11. Kate Atkinson: Plotting to Be Read Glenda Norquay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
12. Salman Rushdie: Archival Modernism Vijay Mishra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Part IV Realism, Postmodernism and Beyond: Historical Fiction
13. Adam Foulds: Fictions of Past and Present Dominic Head Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
14. Sarah Waters: Representing Marginal Groups and Individuals Susana Onega Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
15. James Robertson: In the Margins of History Cairns Craig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Part V. Postcolonialism and Beyond
16. Mohsin Hamid: The Transnational Novel of Globalisation Janet Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
17. Andrea Levy: The SS Empire Windrush and After Sue Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
18. Aminatta Forna: Truth, Trauma, Memory Françoise Lionnet and Jennifer MacGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 15, 2017
ISBN: 9781474403740