Post-War British Women Novelists and the Canon (Continuum Literary Studies) - Softcover

Turner, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441189041 ISBN 13: 9781441189042

Publisher: Continuum, 2012

Synopsis

With the increasing number of books on contemporary fiction, there is a need for a work that examines whom we value, and why. These questions lie at the heart of this book which, by focusing on four novelists, literary and popular, interrogates the canon over the last fifty years. The argument unfolds to demonstrate that academic trends increasingly control canonicity, as do the demands of genre, the increasing commercialisation of literature, and the power of the literary prize. Turner argues that literary excellence, demonstrated by style and imaginative power, is often missing in many works that have become modern classics and makes a case for the value of the 'universal' in literature.
Written in a jargon-free style, with reference to many supporting writers, the book raises a number of significant cultural questions about the arts, fashions and literary reputations, of interest to readers in contemporary literary studies.

About this title

Book Description:

A monograph analyzing a number of modern British women writers and the way in which the the canon of post-war British writing has been formed.

About the Author:

Nick Turner is an Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He reviews for and contributes to the Iris Murdoch Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1441189041
• ISBN 13: 9781441189042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202