Reading the Novel in English 1950 - 2000
Book Details
Author(s)Brian W. Shaffer
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405101148
ISBN-139781405101141
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank4,415,559
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
- Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century.
- An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US).
- Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts.
- Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction.
- Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
