A concise companion to contemporary British fiction.9781405120005 A concise companion to contemporary British fiction. Ed. by James F. English. Blackwell Black·well , Elizabeth 1821-1910. British-born American physician who was the first woman to be awarded a medical doctorate in modern times (1849). Publishing 2006 281 pages $74.95 Hardcover Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture PR881 Aimed at undergraduate students, this introductory text offers an overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts. English (English, U. of Pennsylvania) focuses on the fiction that has emerged since the late 1970s--roughly since the start of the Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a era--and the resulting transformation of such key areas of literary practice as publishing, bookselling, book reviewing and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . The contributors address a range of topics, such as the rise and fall of the postcolonial post·co·lo·ni·al adj. Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics. novel and the changing relationship between literature and the cinema, but all attend to the contending forces that have shaped the emergent emergent /emer·gent/ (e-mer´jent) 1. coming out from a cavity or other part. 2. pertaining to an emergency. emergent 1. coming out from a cavity or other part. 2. coming on suddenly. canon of contemporary British fiction. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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