This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Through detailed readings of his novels and short stories from 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980) to 'The Light of Day' (2003), Daniel Lea lucidly addresses the key themes of history, loss, masculinity and ethical redemption, to present a fresh approach to Swift.
This study proposes that one of the side-effects of modernity has been the destruction of traditional pathways of self and collective belief, leading to a loss of understanding between...
This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Through d...
Can it yet mean anything to speak about the fiction of the twenty-first century? Into what shapes are the forces of rapid global technologisation and political conflict moulding literary fiction? Twenty-first-century fiction offers readings of the work of Ali Smith, Andrew O'Hagan, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Hall, and Jon McGregor - five of the most interesting and original voices to have emerged in British fiction since the millennium - as they tackle the challenges of portraying the new century.
This book traces the contours of contemporary British fiction, opening a...
Can it yet mean anything to speak about the fiction of the twenty-first century? Into what shapes are the forces of rapid global technologisation a...
