Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City
The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain's experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (E...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2018.
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| Colección: | Literary Urban Studies,
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3801046x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City: Magali Cornier Michael
- 2. zWhy Should You Go Out?y: Encountering the City in Monica Ali's Brick Lane: Nick Bentley
- 3. The Cosmopolitan Potential of Urban England?: Jon McGregor's If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things: Magali Cornier Michael
- 4 zWe exist only in the reflection of othersy: Imagining London's History in Bernadine Evaristo's The Emperor's Babe: Nicola Allen
- 5. Gated Communities and Dystopia in J.G. Ballard's Super-Cannes: Francesco Di Bernardo
- 6. Celetoids and the City: Tabloidization of the Working Class in Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Martin Amis' Lionel Asbo: State of England: Megan Faragher
- 7. Belonging and Un-belonging in London: Representations of Home in Diana Evans' 26a: Katie Danaher
- 8 Between Urban Ecology and Social Construction: Environment and the Ethics of Representation in Zadie Smith's NW: John Hadlock
- 9.The Queer Gothic Spaces of Contemporary Glasgow: Louise Welsh's The Cutting Room: Emily Horton
- 10 Convulsions of the Local: Contemporary British Psychogeographical Fiction: Ella Mudie
- 11. Trauma, Negativities and the City in Trezza Azzopardi's Remember Me: Philip Tew.
