Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City

by Magali Cornier Michael

Book Overview

The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain's experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature's depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319897276
• ISBN13: 9783319897271
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"