York Notes Companions: New Directions - Tolan, Fiona
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A York Notes Companion for students of contemporary literature, this volume looks at the literature of our own times, shaped by recent experiences from millennial anxieties to the events of 9/11. Placing texts within a cultural and critical context, the book discusses emerging genres such as multicultural and post-colonial writing, contemporary theatre, autobiography and the neo-Victorian novel. Established writers such as A. S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Ann Duffy are featured alongside the newer voices of Zadie Smith, Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters in a volume which offers an…mehr

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A York Notes Companion for students of contemporary literature, this volume looks at the literature of our own times, shaped by recent experiences from millennial anxieties to the events of 9/11. Placing texts within a cultural and critical context, the book discusses emerging genres such as multicultural and post-colonial writing, contemporary theatre, autobiography and the neo-Victorian novel. Established writers such as A. S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Ann Duffy are featured alongside the newer voices of Zadie Smith, Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters in a volume which offers an essential overview of the contemporary literary scene.

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A York Notes Companion for students of contemporary literature, this volume looks at the literature of our own times, shaped by recent experiences from millennial anxieties to the events of 9/11. Placing texts within a cultural and critical context, the book discusses emerging genres such as multicultural and post-colonial writing, contemporary theatre, autobiography and the neo-Victorian novel. Established writers such as A. S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Ann Duffy are featured alongside the newer voices of Zadie Smith, Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters in a volume which offers an essential overview of the contemporary literary scene in Britain and further afield.

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Analysis of key texts and debates

Extended commentaries provide further in-depth analysis of individual texts

Notes contain extra context and explanations of literary terms

Historical, social and cultural contexts explored in introductory chapters and alongside discussions

Modern critical theory and perspectives in practice

Timelines and annotated further reading

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New Directions, Literature Post-1990

This York Notes Companion to literature after 1990 examines contemporary writing in English at the turn of the millennium and beyond. Introducing emerging genres such as multicultural and postcolonial writing, contemporary theatre, autobiography and the neo-Victorian novel, the Companion explores the work of established writers such as A. S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Ann Duffy alongside the newer voices of Zadie Smith, Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters, offering detailed commentaries on texts and guiding students through key literary theories and debates. Connecting texts with their historical and scholarly contexts, this is essential reading for any student of contemporary literature.

Each York Notes Companion provides:

Analysis of key texts and debates

Extended commentaries for further in-depth analysis of individual texts

Exploration of historical, social and cultural contexts

Annotations clarifying literary terms and events in history

Modern theoretical perspectives in practice

Timelines and annotated further reading

Fiona Tolan is a Lecturer in English at Liverpool John Moores University.

Part One: Introduction

Part Two: A Cultural Overview

Part Three: Texts, Writers and Contexts

The Neo-Victorian Novel – A. S. Byatt, Peter Carey, Sarah Waters
Extended commentary, Waters, Fingersmith (2002)



Contemporary Theatre – Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, David Hare
Extended commentary, Kane, Blasted (1995)



Multicultural/Postcolonial Writing – Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali, Zadie Smith

Extended commentary, Ali, Brick Lane (2003)



New Diversities in Contemporary Poetry – Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Benjamin Zephaniah

Extended commentary, Duffy, Feminine Gospels (2002)

Gender and Sexuality – Jeanette Winterson, Helen Fielding, Alan Hollinghurst

Extended commentary, Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty (2004)



Writing the Self: Biography and Autobiography – Frank McCourt, David Lodge

Extended commentary, Lodge, Author, Author (2005)

Part Four: Critical theories and Debates

Remembering the Past

Post-Millennial Anxieties and Dystopia

Literature and Celebrity

Writing the Child

Part Five: Resources

Timeline

Further reading

Index
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