Twenty-first-century British fiction and the city

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Label

Twenty-first-century British fiction and the city

Statement of responsibility

Magali Cornier Michael, editor

Title variation

21st-century British fiction and the city

Contributor

• Michael, Magali Cornier

Editor

• Michael, Magali Cornier

Subject

• British literature
• British literature
• British literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
• Cities and towns in literature
• Cities and towns in literature
• Cities and towns in literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• English fiction
• English fiction
• English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
• Great Britain
• Great Britain
• Great Britain -- In literature
• Literature
• Literature
• 2000-2099

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain's experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature's depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in particular on cities as intertwined with globalization and global capitalism (including the proliferation of media) and with issues of immigration and migration. Indeed, decolonization has brought large numbers of people from former colonies to Britain, thus making British cities ever more diverse. Such mixing of peoples in urban areas has led to both racist fears and possibilities of cosmopolitan co-existence

Member of

• Literary urban studies

Cataloging source

ERASA

Dewey number

823/.9209

Index

index present

LC call number

PR890.C53

LC item number

T84 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Literary urban studies