Realism and Power (Routledge Revivals): Postmodern British Fiction

by Alison Lee

Book Overview

First published in 1990, this study focuses on the subversive techniques of British postmodernist fiction and examines its challenge to Realist traditions, and the liberal humanist ideology behind it. Exploring the concept of literary postmodernism, and the strategies and philosophies to which it has given rise, Alison Lee investigates how they are developed in a selection of contemporary British novels, including Midnight's Children, Waterland,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138796182
• ISBN13: 9781138796188
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"