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Marginality in the Contemporary British Novel
The 'Marginal' as a concept has become an integral part of the British novel as it stands at the turn of the century. Both popular and literary fiction since the mid-1970s has …
Contemporary British Fiction and the Artistry of Space
This study examines the importance of space for the way contemporary novelists experiment with style and form, offering an account of how British writers from the past three …
Dickens, Christianity and 'The Life of Our Lord'
While Dickens's religion and religious thought is recognized as a significant component of his work, no study of Dickens's religion has carefully considered his often ignored, yet …
Intention and Text
The question of intention is central to the study of literature. How far can an author's intentions determine the meanings of his/her text? What do we mean by 'intention' in a …
Troubling Legacies
Modernist troublemaker in the 1890s, Nobel Prize winner in 1920, and indefensible Nazi sympathiser in the 1930s and 40s, Knut Hamsun continues to provoke condemnation, apologia and …
Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy
'This book carves out a distinctive and important space in the border-zone between philosophy, literary theory, and cultural history.' Christopher Norris, Distinguished Research …
Jonathan Franzen at the End of Postmodernism
Jonathan Franzen is one of the most influential, critically-significant and popular contemporary American novelists. This book is the first full-length study of his work and …
Postmodern Science Fiction and Temporal Imagination
Are we living in a post-temporal age? Has history come to an end? This book argues against the widespread perception of postmodern narrativity as atemporal and ahistorical, …
Religion, Literature and the Imagination
The study of religion and literature continues to go from strength to strength - this collection of essays offers a dynamic, lively and provocative contribution to the field and …
Mapping the Wessex Novel
By discussing the work of Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, John Cowper Powys and Mary Butts, Mapping the Wessex Novel imaginatively maps and excavates various districts of the …
Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain
This study explores how British identity has been explored and renegotiated by contemporary writers. It starts by examining the new emphasis on space and place that has emerged in …
Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry
Defying critical suggestions that the pastoral elegy is obsolete, Iain Twiddy reveals the popularity of the form in the work of major contemporary poets Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes …