On Modern British Fiction

by Zachary Leader

Book Overview

A landmark collection of essays on fiction in Britain over the last fifty years, including original contributions by the very best contemporary novelists and critics, such as Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel, James Wood, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Wood, and Elaine Showalter. Arranged thematically, pieces include developing a reception in America (Amis), how fiction reviewers have dealt with the English novel (Duguid), on commissioning and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249326
• ISBN13: 9780199249329
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 5.6"