Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

Was the late nineteenth century 'Victorian' or 'modern'?

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Breaking new ground in this century, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first of its kind to address the work of contemporary international women playwrights.

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations.

Poets have written about wars throughout the 20th century - questioning, protesting and, sometimes, celebrating the nature and purpose of conflict.

Margaret Atwood is an internationally renowned, highly versatile author whose work creatively explores what it means to be human through genres ranging from feminist fable to science fiction and Gothic romance.

Joseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the novel.

This vibrant collection of original essays sheds new light on all of Fowles' writings, with a special focus on The French Lieutenant's Woman as the most widely studied of Fowles' works.

In this comprehensive introduction to Winterson's work, Sonya Andermahr considers its significance in the context of contemporary British culture and literary history.

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The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F.

This revised new edition reviews Carter's novels in the light of recent critical developments and offers entirely new perspectives on her work.

Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Color Purple', is one of America's major and most prolific writers.

This comprehensive new study offers a detailed analysis of all of Byatt's fiction and also discusses her critical output.

Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature provides an overview of the main themes, issues and critical perspectives that have had the greatest effect on postcolonial literatures.

Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, the book reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain.

An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Key Concepts in Contemporary Literature offers a comprehensive overview of the literature and critical debates of the period since 1945.

This Reader's Guide charts the reception history of Ted Hughes' poetry from his first to last published collection, culminating in posthumous tributes and assessments of his lifetime achievement.

Arthur Miller was one of the most important American playwrights and political and cultural figures of the 20th century.

British-Jewish writers are increasingly addressing challenging questions about what it means to be both British and Jewish in the twenty-first century.

This Reader's Guide brings together, in an approachable form, the range of review and critical material on the novels of Jeanette Winterson.

Iris Murdoch produced twenty-six novels in forty years.

Hanif Kureishi is one of the most controversial contemporary British writers.

Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway (1925) has long been recognised as one of her outstanding achievements and one of the canonical works of modernist fiction.

This collection of original essays on Virginia Woolf by leading scholars in the field opens up new debates on the work of one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century.

Sylvia Plath is one of the best-known and most widely-studied writers of the twentieth century.

David Mamet is arguably the most important living American playwright.

A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) are major plays by Tennessee Williams, one of America's most significant dramatists.

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Since its appearance nearly two centuries ago, crime fiction has gripped readers' imaginations around the world.

Gabriel Garc a M rquez is considered one of the most significant authors in the Spanish language.

Imelda Whelehan provides an overview of popular women's writing from the late 1960s to the present, looking at how key feminist texts such as The Women's Room, Kinflicks and Fear of Flying have influenced popular contemporary fiction such as Bridget Jones' Diary and Sex and the City.

An introduction to the work of Zadie Smith, placing her fiction in a clear historical and theoretical context, and exploring her work in relation to contemporaneity and postcolonialism.

Julian Barnes's work has been marked by great variety, ranging not only from conventional fiction to postmodernist experimentation in such well-known novels as Flaubert's Parrot (1984) and A History of the World in 10 Chapters (1989), but also from witty essays to deeply touching short stories.

Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most established, and controversial, writers.

This updated and expanded new edition reviews Rushdie's novels in the light of recent critical developments.

This introduction places the fiction of Salman Rushdie in a clear historical and theoretical context.

A collection of interviews with leading writers such as Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Arundhati Roy and Will Self.

This comprehensive introduction places the work of Julian Barnes into historical and theoretical context.

Jonathan Coe is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed contemporary British writers.

This introduction to the work of Ian McEwan places his fiction in historical and theoretical context.

Peter Childs offers accessible analyses of the work of twelve prominent contemporary British writers, including Hanif Kureishi, Pat Barker, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important debates in the criticism and research of contemporary British fiction.

Roald Dahl is one of the world's best-loved authors.

Melvin Burgess has made a powerful name for himself in the world of children's and young adult literature, emerging in the 1990s as the author of over twenty critically acclaimed novels.

Over the last 20 years, Jacqueline Wilson has published well over 100 titles and has become firmly established in the landscape of Children's Literature.

Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people.

Beginning with the publication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1950 and concluding with the appearance of The Last Battle in 1956, C.

This Guide surveys existing criticism and theory, making clear the key critical debates, themes and issues surrounding a wide variety of Irish poets, playwrights and novelists.