Britain and Ireland
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Köp båda 2 för 673 kr"Anyone who wants a map of what is happening in English writing will surely find this book invaluable. The authors have done a terrific job in mapping out a very complex, rapidly-changing field." -Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick "Carter and McRae have done for the world of contemporary British writing what the "Lonely Planet guides did for world travel. They offer us an insider's concise but comprehensive account of the terrain, mapping relations between landmarks, pausing over unremarked or unnoticed sites of interest, and - above all - giving the reader-traveller sufficient coordinates and equipment to undertake their own journeys of imagination, criticism and discovery." -Sean Matthews, University of East Anglia "This is that rare and admirable thing: a critical work that is both comprehensive and insightful, yet fresh, accessible and clear. It should be a valuable resource for students, journalists, authors - anyone, in fact, with an interest in literature and language in Britain today." -Sarah Waters, author of "Tipping the Velvet, Affinity and Fingersmith
John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies at the University of Nottingham, and has been a Visiting Professor and Lecturer in over forty countries. Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has published widely in the fields of English Language and Literary Studies.
Introduction Setting the scene 1 Drama and the theatre: old anger, new violence 2 The novel the 1960s and beyond: old guardians and new guards: ; Thatcherism and Blairism; Taboos and taboo words; Mapping past into present; 3 The novel the 1970s and beyond: old empires and new Englishes; What is standard, who is standard, what is English? ; 4 The novel the 1980s and beyond: old forms and ; new genres: City slang ; Voices and devolutions; Titles of the times; 5 Poetry old pasts, new presents; The city and the country. Coda.