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Nature Proser seeks to explain the popularity and appeal of contemporary writing about nature. This book intervenes in key areas of contemporary debate about literature and the environment and explores the enduring appeal of writing about nature during an ecological crisis.

A comprehensive overview of the English short story, charting its origins and development through to the present day.

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Provides a thorough overview of Ian McEwan's fiction, articulating his place in the canon of contemporary fiction.

This volume offers a sense of McEwan's standing in the canon on international contemporary fiction, and enriches understanding of McEwan's work by presenting complementary perspectives on the most complex novels. It will be a key resource for students, graduates, and scholars studying and teaching Ian McEwan.

In this survey Ian McEwan emerges as one of those rare writers whose works have received both popular and critical acclaim. His novels grace the bestseller lists, and he is well regarded by critics, both as a stylist and as a serious thinker about the function and capacities of narrative fiction. McEwan's novels treat issues that are central to our times: politics, and the promotion of vested interests, male violence and the problem of gender...

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In this survey Ian McEwan emerges as one of those rare writers whose works have received both popular and critical acclaim. His novels grace the bestseller lists, and he is well regarded by critics, both as a stylist and as a serious thinker about the function and capacities of narrative fiction. McEwan's novels treat issues that are central to our times: politics, and the promotion of vested interests, male violence and the problem of gender ...

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An overview for students and readers of the work, career and international context of the author of Disgrace.

Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, "The State of the Novel" offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the 'serious literary' novel and novel criticismProminent treatment is paid to the 'internationalization' of the novel in EnglishOffers a manifesto on contemporary fiction from an expert in this field, Dominic Head is b...

Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, "The State of the Novel" offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the 'serious literary' novel and novel criticismProminent treatment is paid to the 'internationalization' of the novel in EnglishOffers a manifesto on contemporary fiction from an expert in this field, Dominic Head is b...

The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available.

The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available.

An overview for students and readers of the work, career and international context of the author of Disgrace.

Dominic Head shows that the short story was a central site for modernist innovation.

Discusses Gordimer's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to literature that opposes/challenges apartheid.

Examines Coetzee's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to the definition of postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Examines Coetzee's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to the definition of postmodernism and postcolonialism.