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Reading the Novel in English 1950 - 2000
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0113-4
Hardcover
256 pages
October 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century.
  • An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US).
  • Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts.
  • Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction.
  • Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.