The Post-War British Literature Handbook

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9501-3
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Reihe: Literature and Culture Handbooks

The Post-War British Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in post-war Britain. It provides a one-stop resource for students with the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills.
It includes:
- introductions to authors, texts and contexts
- guides to key critics, concepts and topics
- an overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research
- case studies in reading primary and secondary texts
- annotated further reading (including websites), timeline and a glossary of critical terms.

Written in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for anyone beginning their study of modern and contemporary British literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cockin, Katharine

Morrison, Jago

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editors' Introduction
1. Introduction and Timeline, Katharine Cockin and Jago Morrison
PART I: CONTEXTS
2. The Historical Context of Post-War British Literature, Patricia Waugh (Durham University)
3. Literary and Cultural Contexts, Katharine Cockin and Jago Morrison
PART II: CASE STUDIES
4. Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts, Michael Greaney (Lancaster University)
5. Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts, Michael Greaney (Lancaster University)
PART III: CRITICAL APPROACHES
6. Key Critics, Concepts and Topics
7. Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches
PART IV: MAPPING THE FIELD
8. Issues of Gender and Sexuality, Susan Watkins (Manchester Metropolitan University)
9. Changes in the Canon: After Windrush, Ruvani Ransinha (King's College London)
10. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape: After Theory, Sean Matthews (Nottingham University)
Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology
Annotated Bibliography
Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning
Notes on Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Katharine Cockin is Reader in English at the University of Hull, UK.

Jago Morrison, Jago Morrison is Senior Lecturer in English at Brunel University, UK.