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Intercultural voices in contemporary British literature : the implosion of empire

Author: Lars Ole Sauerberg
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"During the last decades of the twentieth century it became increasingly difficult to consider British literature as 'national' or 'mainstream'. This book investigates contemporary fiction and poetry written in, or relating to, Britain and discovers a distinct sense of a new and different national and social reality." "Tracing the literary effects of migration, globalisation and regionalisation, the book focuses on  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lars Ole Sauerberg
ISBN: 0333801709 9780333801703
OCLC Number: 47238709
Description: viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Introduction --
Literary Britain between Imperial Legacy and Regional Devolution --
Imperial aftermath in British post-world war two fiction --
Verbal (Pre) Occupations --
Wholly female, partly foreign --
In the great tradition --
but with a difference --
Global villagers --
Adopting and adapting crime fiction --
Critical perspective.
Responsibility: Lars Ole Sauerberg.
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Abstract:

"During the last decades of the twentieth century it became increasingly difficult to consider British literature as 'national' or 'mainstream'. This book investigates contemporary fiction and poetry written in, or relating to, Britain and discovers a distinct sense of a new and different national and social reality." "Tracing the literary effects of migration, globalisation and regionalisation, the book focuses on literary tradition as an inspiration or object of hate or frustration for the exploration and expression of post-imperial experiences. The domain of the intercultural is extended from encounters of ethnicity only, to gender, social groups, history and genre - in short, to where an awareness on impacts that 'disturb' traditional notions contributes to a radically changing landscape in literary Britain."--Jacket.

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