British Fictions of the Sixties focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the 1960s can only be understood if, next to its contemporary socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in the understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond. British Fictions of the Sixties offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quinn, Bridget Brophy, Eva Figes, Christine Brooke-Rose, and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination.
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SEBASTIAN GROES is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Roehampton University, UK.
Inhalt
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Revolutions of the Mind
Chapter One: Authenticity and Audiotape
Chapter Two: Realism Renegotiated
Chapter Three: Women's Skinny Fiction
Chapter Four: Infinite Londons
Chapter Five: English Anti-Novels
Chapter Six: The Extreme Sixties
Chapter Seven: Pornotopia
Conclusion: The Future of the Sixties
Bibliography
Index