Post-war British women novelists and the canon / Nick Turner.

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Turner, Nick (Nick Peter)

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9781441178886
1441178880
9781441189042
1441189041
9781472542700
1472542703
9781441120946
1441120947

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PR881 .T87 2010eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Field of Modern Women Writers; 1. Theories of the Canon; 2. Iris Murdoch; 3. Anita Brookner; 4. Ruth Rendell; 5. Emma Tennant; Conclusion: The Contemporary Scene; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This is a monograph analysing a number of modern British women writers and the way in which the canon of post-war British writing has been formed. With the increasing number of books on contemporary fiction, there is a need for a work that examines whom we value, and why. These questions lie at the heart of this book which, by focusing on four novelists, literary and popular, interrogates the canon over the last fifty years. The argument unfolds to demonstrate that academic trends increasingly control canonicity, as do the demands of genre, the increasing commercialisation of literature, and t.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-186) and index.

This is a monograph analysing a number of modern British women writers and the way in which the canon of post-war British writing has been formed. With the increasing number of books on contemporary fiction, there is a need for a work that examines whom we value, and why. These questions lie at the heart of this book which, by focusing on four novelists, literary and popular, interrogates the canon over the last fifty years. The argument unfolds to demonstrate that academic trends increasingly control canonicity, as do the demands of genre, the increasing commercialisation of literature, and t.

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