The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction since 1945

· Cambridge University Press
Ebook
444
Pages

About this ebook

This Companion offers a compelling engagement with British fiction from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Since 1945, British literature has served to mirror profound social, geopolitical and environmental change. Written by a host of leading scholars, this volume explores the myriad cultural movements and literary genres that have affected the development of postwar British fiction, showing how writers have given voice to matters of racial, regional and sexual identity. Covering subjects from immigration and ecology to science and globalism, this Companion draws on the latest critical innovations to provide insights into the traditions shaping the literary landscape of modern Britain, thus making it an essential resource for students and specialists alike.

About the author

David James is Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Author of Contemporary British Fiction and the Artistry of Space and Modernist Futures, his collaborative volumes on late twentieth- and twenty-first-century narrative include The Legacies of Modernism, Fiction since 2000: Postmillennial Commitments, and Andrea Levy: Contemporary Critical Perspectives.

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