Reaganism, Thatcherism and the Social Novel [Hardcover]

The social novel is the traditional haunt of the liberal conscience. What does the triumph of the New Right mean for this type of fiction in Britain and the US? Should the liberal left seek consensus or assertion? This book examines these issues, and assesses the state of both nations, as well as that of the contemporary novel.Acknowledgements Introduction Reagan, Thatcher and the 1980s Complicity and British Fiction Liberal Guilt and American Fiction The Communitarian Turn Futures and Pasts The Battlefield of the Self Conclusion Bibliography IndexCOLIN HUTCHINSON is an independent scholar.?He received?his PhD from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.