Description
| Product ID: | 9781108704922 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Title: | The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980–2018 |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Boxall |
| Page Count: | 332 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews & guides |
| Description: | This book is aimed at undergraduate students, and taught postgraduate students. It gives students a clear, comprehensive and accessible guide to the key concepts shaping the British novel from 1980 to 2018, which is also driven by original research. From 1980 to the present, huge transformations have occurred in every area of British cultural life. The election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 ushered in a new neoliberal era in politics and economics that dramatically reshaped the British landscape. Alongside this political shift, we have seen transformations to the public sphere caused by the arrival of the internet and of social media, and changes in the global balance of power brought about by 9/11, the emergence of China and India as superpowers, and latterly the British vote to leave the European Union. British fiction of the period is intimately interwoven with these historical shifts. This collection brings together some of the most penetrating critics of the contemporary, to explore the role that the British novel has had in shaping the cultural landscape of our time, at a moment, in the wake of the EU referendum of 2016, when the question of what it means to be British has become newly urgent. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-27 |