{"product_id":"reading-the-novel-in-english-1950-2000-isbn-9781405101134","title":"Reading the Novel in English 1950 - 2000","description":"\u003cb\u003eReading the Novel in English 1950–2000;\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis is an excellent introductory study. The selection of texts is intriguing. The volume is well-informed by criticism of the field and Shaffer’s close reading is exemplary. His interpretations cast fresh light on some novels that have become canonical and therefore this study is of great use to students generally and for those teaching them.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilip Tew, \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity College Northampton; Director, UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of English-language novel writing in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses equally on British and Irish novelists, and on Anglophone novelists from other countries (exclusive of the US). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of ten influential novels. It maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding the fiction of the period, considering subjects such as the aftermath of literary modernism and the end of the British Empire. Novels discussed in depth include Margaret Atwood’s \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale, \u003c\/i\u003eKazuo Ishiguro’s \u003ci\u003eRemains of the Day, \u003c\/i\u003eand Chinua Achebe’s \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author treats the English-language novel of this period as a socially-engaged and exploratory genre, one that challenges and stretches the prevailing canons of knowledge and literary representation in its bid to depict and probe an evolving present.  Acknowledgements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Contexts and Concepts for Reading the Novel in English, 1950-2000.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Kingsley Amis’s \u003ci\u003eLucky Jim\u003c\/i\u003e (1953).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. William Golding’s \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e (1954).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Chinua Achebe’s \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e (1958).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Muriel Spark’s \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e (1961).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Jean Rhys’s \u003ci\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (1966).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. J. M. Coetzee’s \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e (1980).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Margaret Atwood’s \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (1985).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Kazuo Ishiguro’s \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1989).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Patrick McCabe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Graham Swift’s \u003ci\u003eLast Orders\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  “This is an excellent introductory study, consisting of a series of essays concerning various important Anglophone novels from the period of the post-war to the present day. The selection of texts is intriguing. The volume is well-informed by criticism of the field and Shaffer’s close reading is exemplary. His interpretations cast fresh light on some novels that have become canonical and therefore this study is of great use to students generally and for those teaching them.” \u003ci\u003ePhilip Tew, University College Northampton; Director, UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a main theme to a comprehensive study of ten novels: Kingsley Amis’s Luck Jim; William Golding’s Lord of the Flies; Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart; Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea; J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians; Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale; Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day; Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy; and Graham Smith’s Last Orders…[\u003ci\u003eReading the Novel in English 1950-2000\u003c\/i\u003e] is an asset to anyone who teaches any of these novels.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnglish Literature in Transition 1880 – 1920\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrian W. Shaffer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for Faculty Development at Rhodes College, Memphis. He is the author of The \u003ci\u003eBlinding Torch: Modern British Fiction and the Discourse of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Kazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). He is also the co-editor with Hunt Hawkins of \u003ci\u003eApproaches to Teaching Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” and “The Secret Sharer”\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005).  Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of English-language novel writing in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses equally on British and Irish novelists, and on Anglophone novelists from other countries (exclusive of the US). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of ten influential novels. It maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding the fiction of the period, considering subjects such as the aftermath of literary modernism and the end of the British Empire. 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