Leigh Wilson is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Westminster, UK. Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK, Director of Brunel's Centre for Contemporary Writing and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies. Emily Horton is Visiting Lecturer in English Literature at Brunel University, UK and at the University of Westminster, UK.

• Series Introduction Nick Hubble, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson \ Volume Introduction Philip Tew, Leigh Wilson and Emily Horton\ Notes on Contributors \ 1. Bombs, Kidnappings and Yuppies: The Literary History of the Decade Emily Horton \ 2. Thatcherism and Literature Joseph Brooker \ 3. The Awakening of Caledonias? Scottish Literature in the 1980s Monica Germanà \ 4. Black British Women's Fiction in the 1980s Susan Alice Fischer \ 5. From the Heritage Act to Radical Historiography: History in the 1980s Alex Murray \ 6. Generic Discontinuities and Variations in Fiction of the 1980s Frederick M. Holmes \ 7. The American Reception of British Fiction in the 1980s Brian Finney 8. British novels of 1980s: Asian Contexts Jung Su \ 9. British Novels in the 1980s: European Contexts Ana-Karina Schneider \ Timeline \ Brief Biographies \ Bibliography \ Index

Leigh Wilson is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Westminster, UK. Philip Tew is Professor of English (Post-1900 Literature) at Brunel University, UK, Director of Brunel's Centre for Contemporary Writing and Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies. Emily Horton is Visiting Lecturer in English Literature at Brunel University, UK and at the University of Westminster, UK.

• Series Introduction Nick Hubble, Philip Tew and Leigh Wilson \ Volume Introduction Philip Tew, Leigh Wilson and Emily Horton\ Notes on Contributors \ 1. Bombs, Kidnappings and Yuppies: The Literary History of the Decade Emily Horton \ 2. Thatcherism and Literature Joseph Brooker \ 3. The Awakening of Caledonias? Scottish Literature in the 1980s Monica Germanà \ 4. Black British Women's Fiction in the 1980s Susan Alice Fischer \ 5. From the Heritage Act to Radical Historiography: History in the 1980s Alex Murray \ 6. Generic Discontinuities and Variations in Fiction of the 1980s Frederick M. Holmes \ 7. The American Reception of British Fiction in the 1980s Brian Finney 8. British novels of 1980s: Asian Contexts Jung Su \ 9. British Novels in the 1980s: European Contexts Ana-Karina Schneider \ Timeline \ Brief Biographies \ Bibliography \ Index