British Fictions of the Sixties
The Making of the Swinging Decade
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2016
192 pages
978-1-4411-7616-5 (ISBN)
Description
British Fictions of the Sixties focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the 1960s can only be understood if, next to its contemporary socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in the understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond.
British Fictions of the Sixties offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quinn, Bridget Brophy, Eva Figes, Christine Brooke-Rose, and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination.
British Fictions of the Sixties offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quinn, Bridget Brophy, Eva Figes, Christine Brooke-Rose, and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination.
Reviews / Votes
Nicely provocative. * Times Literary Supplement * [A] wide-ranging compendium that puts the novel at the centre of a culture ... Groes's study is very timely, and should be attended to in current debates about the periodization of the recent literary past, and of the constitution of the contemporary. * Review of English Studies * The book represents an important contribution to our thinking not only about the fiction of the 1960s but also that decade's place in our cultural imagination ... Groes has an engaging style, and the imaginative organisation of the material makes the sometimes complex arguments accessible to a range of readers, whilst maintaining a rigorous analysis of the fiction based on a set of thoughtful and often intriguing critical approaches. * Literature & History *More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-7616-5 (9781441176165)
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Person
Sebastian Groes is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Roehampton, UK. He is the editor series editor of Bloomsbury's Contemporary Critical Perspectives series, the editor of Ian McEwan (2013), and co-editor of Kazuo Ishiguro (2009) and Julian Barnes (2011), all published by Bloomsbury. His monograph The Making of London (2011) traces the representation of London in contemporary fiction.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Revolutions of the Mind
Chapter One: Authenticity and Audiotape
Chapter Two: Realism Renegotiated
Chapter Three: Women's Skinny Fiction
Chapter Four: Infinite Londons
Chapter Five: English Anti-Novels
Chapter Six: The Extreme Sixties
Chapter Seven: Pornotopia
Conclusion: The Future of the Sixties
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction: Revolutions of the Mind
Chapter One: Authenticity and Audiotape
Chapter Two: Realism Renegotiated
Chapter Three: Women's Skinny Fiction
Chapter Four: Infinite Londons
Chapter Five: English Anti-Novels
Chapter Six: The Extreme Sixties
Chapter Seven: Pornotopia
Conclusion: The Future of the Sixties
Bibliography
Index
