| British Fictions of the Sixties: The Making of the Swinging Decade Contributor(s): Groes, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826495575 ISBN-13: 9780826495570 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2016 Annotation: This book charts how the dramatic socio-political changes that marked the decade impacted on the development of fiction during the 1960s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2016288252 |
| Series: Continuum Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: British Fictions of the Sixties focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the 1960s can only be understood if, next to its contemporary socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in the understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond. British Fictions of the Sixties offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quinn, Bridget Brophy, Eva Figes, Christine Brooke-Rose, and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination. |
Contributor Bio(s): Groes, Sebastian: - Sebastian Groes is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Roehampton University, UK. He is the series editor of Bloomsbury's Contemporary Critical Perspectives Series, the editor of Ian McEwan (2013), and co-editor of Kazuo Ishiguro (2009) and Julian Barnes (2011), all published by Bloomsbury. |