During the last decades of the twentieth century it has become increasingly difficult to consider British literature as 'national' or 'mainstream'. The book investigates contemporary fiction and poetry written in, or relating to, Britain and uncovers a distinct sense of a new and different national and social reality. Tracing literary effects of migration, globalization, and regionalization the book focuses on literary tradition as an inspiration or object of hate and frustration for the exploration and expression of post-Imperial experiences.
ISBN: | 9780333801703 |
Publication date: | 12th November 2001 |
Author: | Lars Ole Sauerberg |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 228 pages |
Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Cultural studies Sociology Literary theory Literature: history and criticism Society and Social Sciences |