Author : Bruce King
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199288366
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (883 download)
Book Synopsis The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 13: 1948-2000: The Internationalization of English Literature by : Bruce King
Download or read book The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 13: 1948-2000: The Internationalization of English Literature written by Bruce King and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the future, what will 'English Literary History' mean? A literary history of England, or one with much looser boundaries, defined only by a communality of language, not by location or history? In this, the last volume in the Oxford English Literary History, Bruce King discusses the literature written by those who have chosen to make England their home since 1948. Ranging through Black and Asian British prose, poetry and drama, and writers including V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, and Zadie Smith, King reveals the development of the literature from writing about immigration to becoming English. This bold and challenging account of British culture will shape debate for future generations.