The Post-War British Literature Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780826495020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Katharine Cockin

Opis

Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including:

- Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts

- Guides to key critics, concepts and topics

- An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research

- Case studies in reading literary and critical texts
- Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms.

The Post-War British Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in post-war Britain.

Recenzje

'With its clear explanations of key terms and contexts for the study of Contemporary British Literature and its attractive sample readings of selected texts, this is sure to become a favourite with students and teachers in the field.' - Richard Brown, Reader in Modern Literature, School of English, University of Leeds, UK

Spis treści

General Editors' Introduction1. Introduction and Timeline, Katharine Cockin and Jago MorrisonPART I: CONTEXTS2. The Historical Context of Post-War British Literature, Patricia Waugh (Durham University)3. Literary and Cultural Contexts, Katharine Cockin and Jago MorrisonPART II: CASE STUDIES4. Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts, Michael Greaney (Lancaster University)5. Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts, Michael Greaney (Lancaster University)PART III: CRITICAL APPROACHES6. Key Critics, Concepts and Topics7. Changes in Critical Responses and ApproachesPART IV: MAPPING THE FIELD8. Issues of Gender and Sexuality, Susan Watkins (Manchester Metropolitan University)9. Changes in the Canon: After Windrush, Ruvani Ransinha (King's College London)10. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape: After Theory, Sean Matthews (Nottingham University)Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology Annotated Bibliography Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning Notes on ContributorsIndex

O autorze

Katharine Cockin is Professor of English at the University of Hull, UK. She has published widely on women's suffrage literature and on the lives and work of Ellen Terry and her daughter, Edith Craig. She is editor of the eight-volume Collected Letters of Ellen Terry and author of several books on Edith Craig and women's suffrage literature, including the first biography of Craig (1998), Women and the Theatre in the Age of Suffrage (2001) and two volumes of women's suffrage literature (2007). JAGO MORRISON is Head of English at the University of Chichester, UK.