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Manchester University Press, Manchester
Provides a collection of in-depth readings of British writers that have come to prominence in the twenty-first century "This book offers readings of five of the most interesting and original voices to have emerged in Britain since the millennium as...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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Provides a collection of in-depth readings of British writers that have come to prominence in the twenty-first century "This book offers readings of five of the most interesting and original voices to have emerged in Britain since the millennium as they tackle the challenges of portraying the new century. Through close readings of the work of Ali Smith, Andrew O'Hagan, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Hall and Jon McGregor, Daniel Lea opens a window onto the formal and thematic concerns that characterise a literary landscape troubled by both familiar and unfamiliar predicaments. These include questions about the meaning of humanness in an age of digital intercourse; about the need for a return to authenticity in the wake of postmodernism; and about the dislocation of self from the other under neoliberal individualism. By relating its readings of these authors to the wider shifts in contemporary literary criticism, this book offers in-depth analysis of important landmarks of recent fiction and an introduction to the challenges of understanding the literature of our time."--Provided by publisher Even the Dogs (2010)This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You (2012); Coda; Notes; Select bibliography; Index Personality (2003)Be Near Me (2006); The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe (2010); The Illuminations (2015); Coda; Notes; 3 Tom McCarthy; Remainder (2005); Tintin and the Secret of Literature (2006); Men in Space (2007); C (2010); Satin Island (2015); Coda; Notes; 4 Sarah Hall; Haweswater (2002); The Electric Michelangelo (2004); The Carhullan Army (2007); How to Paint a Dead Man (2009); The Beautiful Indifference (2011); 'Mrs Fox'; The Wolf Border (2015); Coda; Notes; 5 Jon McGregor; If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (2002); So Many Ways to Begin (2006)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. - Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 2, 2017)
