British Fiction Today [Paperback]

British Fiction Today provides students and readers with a critical introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 and provides the latest critical perspectives on current British fiction. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the new British writing. The book is organised around common themes - Modern Lives, Contemporary Living; Dreamtime; States of Identity and Histories. Each section begins with a short introductory essay and ends with a guide to further reading. Introducing key works, writers and major themes including post-colonialism, pluralism, gender and history, this book is the ideal guide to British fiction today. Includes discussion of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Alan Hollinghurst, Peter Ackroyd, Jenny Diski, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Toby Litt, Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jeanetter Winterson, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Adam Thorpe and Sarah Waters.

AcknowledgementsList of Contributors Introduction; Rod Mengham & Philip Tew PART I: MODERN LIVES, CONTEMPORARY LIVING Introduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew 1. The Middle Years of Martin Amis - Joe Brooker 2. Julian Barnes and a Case of English Identity - Dominic Head3. Genre, Repetition and History in Jonathan Coe - Pam Thurschwell4. Alan Hollinghurst and Homosexual Identity - Kaye MitchellPART II: DISTORTIONS AND DREAMSIntroduction; Rod Mengham and Philip Tew 5. Reconsidering the Novels of Peter Ackroyd - Tamas Benyei 6. Jenny Diski's Millennial Imagination - Philip Tew7. Ben Okri's Fiction 1995-2005- Chris Ringrose8. Salman Rushdie: Paradox and Truth - Robert EaglestonePART III: STATES OF IDENTITY Introduction - Rod Mengham and Philip Tew 9. Possessing Toby Litt's Ghost Story - Leigh Wilson10. Ian McEwan's Ethical Fiction - Lynn Wells11. Considering Zadie Smith's On Beauty - Fiona Tolan12. Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping - Sonya AlÓ-