Title Post-war British fiction : realism and after / Andrzej Ga̧siorek

Published London ; New York : E. Arnold ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press, 1995

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Description vi, 202 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. Realism in the Post-War Period. After Modernism. Realism, Liberalism, and the Death of the Novel. Rethinking 'Classic Realism'. From Realism to Realisms. Realism and Mimesis -- 2. Late Modernism as Social Critique. Ivy Compton-Burnett. Henry Green --3. Politics and History in the Caribbean. V. S. Naipaul. George Lamming -- 4. After Socialist Realism. John Berger. Doris Lessing -- 5. Dilemmas of the Contemporary Liberal. Angus Wilson. John Fowles -- 6. Feminist Critical Fictions. Angela Carter. Sara Maitland -- 7. Postmodernism and the Problem of History. Graham Swift. Julian Barnes. Salman Rushdie --8. Realisms. Beyond Realism and Experimentalism. Realism contra Postmodernism. Realism, Politics, History Analysis English fiction Realism History, 1945- English fiction Realism History, 1945- Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject British literature -- 20th century. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Postmodernism (Literature) Realism in literature. War stories, English -- History and criticism. World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Influence. World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war. LC no. 94048515 ISBN 0340572159 (paperback)

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