000			02029nam a2200157 4500
020			_a9781474411592
082	0	4	_a810.820 _bMAR/L
100	1		_aMarks, Peter
245	1	0	_aLiterature of the 1990s: endings and beginnings
260			_aEdinburgh _bEdinburgh university press _c2018
300			_aix,220p.
490	1		_aThe Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain
520	8		_aPlacing literary creativity within a changing cultural and political context that saw the end of Margaret Thatcher and rise of New Labour, this book offers fresh interpretations of mainstream and marginal works from all parts of Britain. Based on a framework of thematically-structured accounts, the individual chapters cover national identity, ethnicity, sexuality, class, celebrity culture, history and fantasy in literature from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England. It offers its readers a comprehensive view of the changing and challenging literary landscape in this period, critically examining the fiction, poetry and drama as well as representative films, art and music. Placed within the broader context of a transformative political and cultural environment that included Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, Damian Hirst and Princess Diana, the book captures the energetic and sometimes provocative experimentation that typified the final decade of the twentieth century. Key Features: Considers a wide-ranging assortment of fiction, poetry, drama and film of the 1990s within the broader political and cultural context of Great Britain; Supplies a thematically oriented account of major aspects of contemporary literature, including ethnicity, class, celebrity and speculative work; Deals with literature from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, both in relation to each other and within the larger cultural environment of Great Britain; Presents a theoretically informed argument integrated with close critical analyses of mainstream and marginal texts.
650		0	_aEnglish literature
942			_cBK
999			_c57598 _d57598