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Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. The book presents an engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US); provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts; maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction; and, features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", Kazuo Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" and Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart".

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Reading the Novel in English 1950-2000
• Author: Brian W. Shaffer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 276
• EAN: 9781405101134
• ISBN: 140510113X
• ID: 04953827
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 550 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 162 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. August 2005

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