
This invaluable Guide explores the primary debates in the literary criticism of contemporary British fiction. Drawing heavily from a wide range of current criticism, Nick Bentley examines key trends and issues in the work of some of the main contemporary novelists, critics and...

This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broaderdebates in contemporary culture.A comprehensive...

This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important debates in the criticism and research of contemporary British fiction. Nick Bentley analyses the criticism surrounding a range of British novelists including Monica Ali, Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Alan...

This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broaderdebates in contemporary culture.A comprehensive...