The Contemporary British Novel Since 1980
Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the specially commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists, including Peter Ackroyd, Martin Amis, Iain (M.) Banks, Pat Barker, Ju
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THE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH NOVEL SINCE 1980
Copyright © in this edition, Edinburgh University Press, 2005. Copyright © in the individual contributions is retained by the authors. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 15t edition 2005 978-1-4039-7429-7
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2005 by Edinburgh University Press Ltd. under the title The Contemporary British Novel. First Published in the United States in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLANTM 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-4039-7430-3 ISBN 978-1-349-73717-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-73717-8
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Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction James Acheson and Sarah C. E. Ross
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Part I: Realism and other -isms 1 Realism, Dreams and the Unconscious in the Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro Frederick M. Holmes
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2 Ian McEwan: Contemporary Realism and the Novel of Ideas Judith Seaboyer
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3 The Unnatural Scene: The Fiction of Irvine Welsh Alan Riach
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4 Angela Carter's Magic Realism David Punter
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5 Facticity, or Something Like That: The Novels of James Kelman Laurence Nicoll
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6 One Nation, Oneself: Politics, Place and Identity in Martin Amis' Fiction Daniel Lea
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Part II: Postcolonialism and other -isms 7 Abdulrazak Gurnah and Hanif Kureishi: Failed Revolutions Bruce King
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8 Salman Rushdie's Fathers Hermione Lee
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9 Postcolonialism and 'The Figure of the Jew': Caryl Phillips and Zadie Smith Bart Moore-Gilbert
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10 Mingling and Metamorphing: Articulations of Feminism and Postcoloniality in Marina Warner's Fiction Chantal Zabus
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Part ill: Feminism and other -isms 11 Regeneration, Redemption, Resurrection: Pat Barker and the Problem of Evil Sarah C. E. Ross
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12 'Partial to Intensity': the Novels of A. L. Kennedy Glenda Norquay
142
13 Gender and Creativity in the Fictions of Janice Galloway Dorothy McMillan
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14 Appetite, Desire and Belonging in the Novels of Rose Tremain Sarah Sceats
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15 Desire for Syzygy in the Novels of A. S. Byatt Katherine Tarbox
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16 Jeanette Winterson and the Lesbian Postmodern: Story-telling, Performativity and the Gay Aesthetic Paulina Palmer
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Part IV: Postmodernism and other -isms 17 (Re)Constituted Pasts: Postmodern Historicism in the Novels of Graham Swift and Julian Barnes Daniel Bedggood 18 Colonisi
