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The 1980s : a decade of contemporary British fiction, edited by Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
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- Summary
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- "How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1980s shape contemporary British fiction? Setting the fiction squarely within the context of Conservative politics and questions about culture and national identity, this volume reveals how the decade associated with Thatcherism frames the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, and Graham Swift, of Scottish novelists and new diasporic writers. How and why 1980s fiction is a response to particular psychological, social and economic pressures is explored in detail. Drawing on the rise of individualism and the birth of neo-liberalism, contributors reflect on the tense relations between 1980s politics and realism, and between elegy and satire. Noting the creation of a 'heritage industry' during the decade, the rise of the historical novel is also considered against broader cultural changes. Viewed from the perspective of more recent theorisations of crisis following both 9/11 and the 21st-century financial crash, this study makes sense of why and how writers of the 1980s constructed fictions in response to this decade's own set of fundamental crises"--
- "How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1980s shape contemporary British fiction? Setting the fiction squarely within the context of Conservative politics and questions about culture and national identity, this volume reveals how the decade associated with Thatcherism frames the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, and Graham Swift, of Scottish novelists and new diasporic writers. How and why 1980s fiction is a response to particular psychological, social and economic pressures is explored in detail. Drawing on the rise of individualism and the birth of neo-liberalism, contributors reflect on the tense relations between 1980s politics and realism, and between elegy and satire. Noting the creation of a 'heritage industry' during the decade, the rise of the historical novel is also considered against broader cultural changes. Viewed from the perspective of more recent theorisations of crisis following both 9/11 and the 21st-century financial crash, this study makes sense of why and how writers of the 1980s constructed fictions in response to this decade's own set of fundamental crises"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 264 pages
- Contents
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- Series editors' preface / Nick Hubble, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
- [Notes on] Contributors
- Critical introduction / Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
- 1. Literary history of the decade : the Bomb, kidnappings and yuppies: British fiction in the 1980s / Emily Horton
- 2. The awakening of Caledonias? Scottish literature in the 1980s / Monica Germanà
- 3. The art of bad government : Thatcherism and British fiction / Joseph Brooker
- 4. Postcolonial and diasporic voices 'Black' British women's fiction in the 1980s / Susan Alice Fischer
- 5. Historical representations : the heritage industry and historiographic metafiction : historical representation in the 1980s / Alex Murray
- 6. Generic discontinuities and variations : crises of authority and innovations in form and technique in British fiction of the 1980s / Frederick M. Holmes
- 7.International contexts (North America) : the American reception of British fiction in the 1980s / Brian Finney
- International contexts (Europe) : the Romanian context : between realism and postmodernism
- Timeline of works
- Timeline of national events
- Timeline of international events
- Biographies of writers
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781441126498
- Label
- The 1980s : a decade of contemporary British fiction
- Title
- The 1980s
- Title remainder
- a decade of contemporary British fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
- Title variation
- Nineteen eighties
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1980s shape contemporary British fiction? Setting the fiction squarely within the context of Conservative politics and questions about culture and national identity, this volume reveals how the decade associated with Thatcherism frames the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, and Graham Swift, of Scottish novelists and new diasporic writers. How and why 1980s fiction is a response to particular psychological, social and economic pressures is explored in detail. Drawing on the rise of individualism and the birth of neo-liberalism, contributors reflect on the tense relations between 1980s politics and realism, and between elegy and satire. Noting the creation of a 'heritage industry' during the decade, the rise of the historical novel is also considered against broader cultural changes. Viewed from the perspective of more recent theorisations of crisis following both 9/11 and the 21st-century financial crash, this study makes sense of why and how writers of the 1980s constructed fictions in response to this decade's own set of fundamental crises"--
- "How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1980s shape contemporary British fiction? Setting the fiction squarely within the context of Conservative politics and questions about culture and national identity, this volume reveals how the decade associated with Thatcherism frames the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, and Graham Swift, of Scottish novelists and new diasporic writers. How and why 1980s fiction is a response to particular psychological, social and economic pressures is explored in detail. Drawing on the rise of individualism and the birth of neo-liberalism, contributors reflect on the tense relations between 1980s politics and realism, and between elegy and satire. Noting the creation of a 'heritage industry' during the decade, the rise of the historical novel is also considered against broader cultural changes. Viewed from the perspective of more recent theorisations of crisis following both 9/11 and the 21st-century financial crash, this study makes sense of why and how writers of the 1980s constructed fictions in response to this decade's own set of fundamental crises"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 823/.91409
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR881
- LC item number
- .A16 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Horton, Emily
- Tew, Philip
- Wilson, Leigh
- Series statement
- The decades series
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- English fiction
- English fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General
- Littérature anglaise
- Englisch
- Roman
- Label
- The 1980s : a decade of contemporary British fiction, edited by Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
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- Contents
- Series editors' preface / Nick Hubble, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson -- [Notes on] Contributors -- Critical introduction / Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson -- 1. Literary history of the decade : the Bomb, kidnappings and yuppies: British fiction in the 1980s / Emily Horton -- 2. The awakening of Caledonias? Scottish literature in the 1980s / Monica Germanà -- 3. The art of bad government : Thatcherism and British fiction / Joseph Brooker -- 4. Postcolonial and diasporic voices 'Black' British women's fiction in the 1980s / Susan Alice Fischer -- 5. Historical representations : the heritage industry and historiographic metafiction : historical representation in the 1980s / Alex Murray -- 6. Generic discontinuities and variations : crises of authority and innovations in form and technique in British fiction of the 1980s / Frederick M. Holmes -- 7.International contexts (North America) : the American reception of British fiction in the 1980s / Brian Finney -- International contexts (Europe) : the Romanian context : between realism and postmodernism -- Timeline of works -- Timeline of national events -- Timeline of international events -- Biographies of writers -- Index
- Control code
- 869847517
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781441126498
- Lccn
- 2013048139
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 60001887385
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869847517
- Label
- The 1980s : a decade of contemporary British fiction, edited by Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Series editors' preface / Nick Hubble, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson -- [Notes on] Contributors -- Critical introduction / Emily Horton, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson -- 1. Literary history of the decade : the Bomb, kidnappings and yuppies: British fiction in the 1980s / Emily Horton -- 2. The awakening of Caledonias? Scottish literature in the 1980s / Monica Germanà -- 3. The art of bad government : Thatcherism and British fiction / Joseph Brooker -- 4. Postcolonial and diasporic voices 'Black' British women's fiction in the 1980s / Susan Alice Fischer -- 5. Historical representations : the heritage industry and historiographic metafiction : historical representation in the 1980s / Alex Murray -- 6. Generic discontinuities and variations : crises of authority and innovations in form and technique in British fiction of the 1980s / Frederick M. Holmes -- 7.International contexts (North America) : the American reception of British fiction in the 1980s / Brian Finney -- International contexts (Europe) : the Romanian context : between realism and postmodernism -- Timeline of works -- Timeline of national events -- Timeline of international events -- Biographies of writers -- Index
- Control code
- 869847517
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781441126498
- Lccn
- 2013048139
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 60001887385
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869847517
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