Contemporary British Novelists – serie
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Jenny Diski
Av Ben Grant
Inbunden, 2026
1411 kr
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This is the first book-length study of Jenny Diski’s work, offering a bold and original account of a writer whose fiction and non-fiction together form a sustained project. Ben Grant approaches Diski’s work thematically, examining recurring concerns in her writing on self-portraiture, sex, illness, …
Pat Barker
Häftad, 2005
427 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive account and critical analysis of the literary career of Pat Barker. It offers readings of Barker's innovations in narrative form, her revisionist perspectives on history, class and gender, and her preoccupation with themes of trauma, haunting and terror. It also …
Irvine Welsh
Av Aaron Kelly
Häftad, 2005
427 kr
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Irvine Welsh's fiction has defined an era, and this first full-length study provides a sustained textual and contextual analysis of all his work, from 'Trainspotting' and 'The Acid House' to 'Glue' and 'Porno'. A detailed chronological survey also considers the appropriateness of cultural, …
A.S. Byatt
Critical Storytelling
Av Alexa Alfer
Inbunden, 2010
1411 kr
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This comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt’s work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt’s works of fiction up to and including her Man-Booker-shortlisted novel The Children’s Book (2009). The authors combine an accessible overview of Byatt’s œuvre to date …
A.S. Byatt
Critical storytelling
Av Alexa Alfer
Häftad, 2012
427 kr
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This comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt’s work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt’s works of fiction up to and including her Man-Booker-shortlisted novel The Children’s Book (2009). The authors combine an accessible overview of Byatt’s œuvre to date …
Ian McEwan
Av Dominic Head
Häftad, 2007
427 kr
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In this survey Ian McEwan emerges as one of those rare writers whose works have received both popular and critical acclaim. His novels grace the bestseller lists, and he is well regarded by critics, both as a stylist and as a serious thinker about the function and capacities of narrative …
Graham Swift
Av Daniel Lea
Häftad, 2005
427 kr
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This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain’s most significant contemporary authors. Through detailed readings of his novels and short stories from 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980) to 'The Light of Day' (2003), Daniel Lea lucidly addresses the key …
Jeanette Winterson
Av Susana Onega
Inbunden, 2006
1291 kr
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This is the first full-length study of Jeanette Winterson’s complete oeuvre, offering detailed analysis of her nine novels as well as addressing her non-fiction and minor fictional work. Susana Onega combines the study of formal issues such as narrative structure, perspective and point of view with …
Jeanette Winterson
Av Susana Onega
Häftad, 2006
427 kr
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This is the first full-length study of Jeanette Winterson’s complete oeuvre, offering detailed analysis of her nine novels as well as addressing her non-fiction and minor fictional work. Susana Onega combines the study of formal issues such as narrative structure, perspective and point of view with …
Iain Sinclair
Av Brian Baker
Inbunden, 2007
1291 kr
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A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair’s major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960s …
Iain Sinclair
Av Brian Baker
Häftad, 2007
427 kr
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A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair’s major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960s …
Jim Crace
Av Philip Tew
Inbunden, 2006
1302 kr
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Jim Crace is one of the most imaginative of contemporary novelists. The author of nine novels, he has received great public and intellectual acclaim across the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States. He was awarded the National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction prize (USA) for Being Dead in …
Jim Crace
Av Philip Tew
Häftad, 2006
427 kr
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Jim Crace is one of the most imaginative of contemporary novelists. The author of nine novels, he has received great public and intellectual acclaim across the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States. He was awarded the National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction prize (USA) for Being Dead in …
James Kelman
Av Simon Kovesi
Inbunden, 2007
1291 kr
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James Kelman is Scotland’s most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as …
James Kelman
Av Simon Kovesi
Häftad, 2007
427 kr
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James Kelman is Scotland’s most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as …
Julian Barnes
Av Peter Childs
Inbunden, 2011
1291 kr
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Julian Barnes is a comprehensive introductory overview of the novels that situates his work in terms of fabulation and memory, irony and comedy. It pursues a broadly chronological line through Barnes's literary career, but along the way it also shows how certain key thematic preoccupations and …
Julian Barnes
Av Peter Childs
Häftad, 2015
418 kr
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Now available in paperback, Julian Barnes is a comprehensive introductory overview of the novels that situates his work in terms of fabulation and memory, irony and comedy. It pursues a broadly chronological line through Barnes's literary career, but along the way it also shows how certain key …
Howard Jacobson
Inbunden, 2020
1302 kr
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This is a comprehensive and definitive study of the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist, Howard Jacobson. It offers lucid, detailed and nuanced readings of each of Jacobson’s novels, and makes a powerful case for the importance of his work in the landscape of contemporary fiction. Focusing on the …
Andrea Levy's Novels
Inbunden, 2026
582 kr
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In this groundbreaking study of one of the most significant writers of recent times, leading Levy expert Dr Michael Perfect offers comprehensive analyses of all five of Levy’s novels, and brings to light fascinating discoveries from her personal archive. Perfect’s account is authoritative yet …
Kate Atkinson
Inbunden, 2022
1370 kr
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This timely in-depth study of award-winning Kate Atkinson's work provides a welcome comprehensive overview of the novels, play and short stories. It explores the major themes and aesthetic concerns in her fiction. Combining close analysis and literary contextualisation, it situates her …
