The demotic voice in contemporary British fiction
By: Jeremy Scott.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230217577
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Narration (Rhetoric); Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Sociolinguistics in literature
Description: This book is an assessment of narrative technique in contemporary British fiction, focusing on the experimental use of the demotic voice (regional or national dialects). The book examines the work of James Kelman, Graham Swift, Will Self and Martin Amis, amongst many others, from a practical as well as theoretical perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.