000			01458nam a2200193 4500
020			_a9781405113861
041			_aEnglish
082			_a823.91409 _bBRA/N Q7
084			_2Colon Classification
100			_aBradford, Richard
245			_aNovel Now : Contemporary British Fiction
250			_a1
260			_aUSA: _bBlackwell Publishing, _c2007.
300			_a259p.
500			_aThis survey of the complex landscape of contemporary fiction in Britain and Ireland from 1970 to the present day provides a detailed account of familiar figures such as Julian Barnes, Salmon Rushdie and Will Self, and offers a thorough account of the state of contemporary fiction in Britain
505			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Realism Versus Modernism: Win, Lose or Draw?. 1. Before Now. A Brief Account of the Pre-1970s British Novel. 2. Something Unusual: Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. 3. The Effects of Thatcherism. 4. The New Postmodernists. Part II: Excursions From the Ordinary. 5. The New Historical Novel. 6. Crime and Spy Fiction. Part III: Sex. 7. Women. 8. Men. 9. Gay Fiction. Part IV: Nation, Race and Place. 10. Scotland. 11. England, Englishness and Class. 12. The Question of Elsewhere. 13. Wales. 14. The Troubles. 15. Epilogue: The State of the Novel. Select Bibliography: Recommended Further Reading. Index
650			_aEnglish fiction
942			_cBK
999			_c702147 _d702147