Overview
Proposes a new way of understanding the? era that comes after postmodernism
Examines work from some of Britain's foremost contemporary novelists, such as Martin Amis, Will Self and Hanif Kureishi
Looks at how London writers at the millennium are appropriating and adapting mainstream writing styles and genres such as realism, the historical novel, the bildungsroman, and the use of the heroic character
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‘In this significant and welcome contribution to the field, Allen provides us with a sophisticated, detailed, and rigorous study of the move in contemporary fiction beyond postmodernism as exemplified by London fiction.’
—Nick Hubble, Brunel University London, UK
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‘In this significant and welcome contribution to the field, Allen provides us with a sophisticated, detailed, and rigorous study of the move in contemporary fiction beyond postmodernism as exemplified by London fiction.’
—Nick Hubble, Brunel University London, UK
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Book Title: London Fiction at the Millennium
Book Subtitle: Beyond Postmodernism
Authors: Claire Allen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48886-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48885-7Published: 29 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48888-8Published: 30 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48886-4Published: 28 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 274
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Postmodern Literature, Contemporary Literature