New directions
Subtitle: writing post 1990
By: Fiona Tolan.
Series: York notes companions
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408204771
Subjects: English literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A cultural overview; title: Texts, writers and contexts. The neo-victorian novel: A. S. Byatt, Peter Carey and Sarah Waters; extended commentary: Sarah Waters, Fingersmith (2002); Contemporary theatre: Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill and David Hare; extended commentary: David Hare, Stuff happens (2004); Contemporary Black British writing: Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali; extended commentary: Monica Ali, Brick lane (2003); New diversities in contemporary poetry: Grace Nichols, Fred D'aguiar and Carol Ann Duffy; extended commentary:Carol Ann Duffy, Rapture (2005); Gender and sexuality in the contemporary novel: Jeanette Winterson, Alan Hollinghurst and Helen Fielding; extended commentary: Alan Hollinghurst, The line of beauty (2004); Writing the self: contemporary autobiography: Frank Mccourt, Lorna Sage and Jackie Kay; extended commentary: Jackie Kay, The adoption papers; title: Critical theories and debates. Haunting the past: representing the twentieth century; Post-millennial dystopias; Constructing contemporary childhood; Readers and writers today: celebrity, book clubs and prizes; title: References and resources; title: Timeline; title: Annotated further reading.