The Nouveau Roman and Writing in Britain After Modernism

ISBN-13: 9780198850007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Adam Guy

Opis

This volume explores the influence of the avant-garde French novel form known as Nouveau Roman on experimental prose fiction and post-war literary culture in Britain.

Recenzje

Erudite and passionate, grounded in a vibrant knowledge of French and British intellectual life, efficiently and elegantly poised at the juncture of the history of publishing, of literary history, and the aesthetics of reading,TheNouveau Romanand Writing in Britain after Modernism brings back to light a complex literary and intellectual landscape. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary literature and also in the critical debates that have shaped our understanding of the function of fiction and its relevance to an enlightened understanding of the historicity of reading.

O autorze

Adam Guy is a Departmental Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford, where he is also a Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College.