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Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaffer Brian W., 1960-
Published: Blackwell Pub.,
Publisher Address: Malden, MA
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Reading the novel
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Commonwealth fiction (English) > History and criticism.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Carrier Form: x, 264 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 140510113X (hardback : alk. paper)
1405101148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405101134
9781405101141
Index Number: I106
CLC: I106.4
Call Number: I106.4/S525
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-254) and index.
Introduction: contexts and concepts for reading the novel in English 1950-2000 -- Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim (1954) -- William Golding's Lord of the flies (1954) -- Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart (1958) -- Muriel Spark's The prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) -- Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) -- J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians (1980) -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale (1985) -- Kazuo Ishiguro's The remains of the day (1989) -- Patrick McCabe's The butcher boy (1992) -- Graham Swift's Last orders (1996).

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