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BL
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1028808
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b783178
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| Main Entry
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Shaffer, Brian W.,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Reading the novel in English, 1950-2000 /\ Brian W. Shaffer.
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| Publication Statement
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Malden, MA :: Blackwell Pub.,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Reading the novel
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| Page. NO
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x, 264 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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140510113X
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: 1405101148
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: 9781405101134
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: 9781405101141
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-254) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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"Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of English-language novel writing in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses equally on British and Irish novelists, and on Anglophone novelists from other countries (exclusive of the US)." "The text provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of ten influential novels. It maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding the fiction of the period, considering subjects such as the aftermath of literary modernism and the end of the British Empire."
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"The author treats the English-language novel of this period as a socially-engaged and exploratory genre, one that challenges and stretches the prevailing canons of knowledge and literary representation in its bid to depict and probe an evolving present."--Jacket.
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Achebe, Chinua., Things fall apart.
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Amis, Kingsley., Lucky Jim.
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor,1939-Handmaid's tale.
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Coetzee, J. M.,1940-Waiting for the barbarians.
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Golding, William,1911-Lord of the flies.
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Ishiguro, Kazuo,1954-Remains of the day.
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McCabe, Pat,1955-Butcher boy.
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Rhys, Jean., Wide Sargasso Sea.
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Spark, Muriel., Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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Swift, Graham,1949-Last orders.
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Commonwealth fiction (English)-- History and criticism.
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English fiction-- Irish authors-- History and criticism.
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English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Commonwealth fiction (English)
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English fiction-- Irish authors.
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English fiction.
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Intellectual life.
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Englisch.
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Roman.
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Roman.
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English-speaking countries, Intellectual life, 20th century.
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Englisch.
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English-speaking countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.91409
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| LC Classification
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PR881.S53 2006
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| NLM classification
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HN 1295rvk
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HN 1331rvk
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