The Oxford History of the Novel in English

NOTE EDITORE

The Oxford History of the Novel in English is a 12-volume series presenting a comprehensive, global, and up-to-date history of English-language prose fiction and written by a large, international team of scholars. The series is concerned with novels as a whole, not just the 'literary' novel, and each volume includes chapters on the processes of production, distribution and reception, and on popular fiction and the fictional sub-genres, as well as outlining the work of major novelists, movements and tendencies. This volume offers a comprehensive account of the production of English language novels and related prose fiction since 1950 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. After the Second World War, the rise of cultural nationalism in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and movements towards independence in the Pacific islands, together with the turn toward multiculturalism and transnationalism in the postcolonial world, has called into question the standard national frames for literary history. This has resulted in an increasing recognition of formerly marginalised peoples and a repositioning of these national literatures in a world literary context. This multi-authored volume explores the implications of such radical change through its focus on the novel and the short story, which model the crises in evolving narratives of nationhood and the reinvention of postcolonial identities. The constant interplay between national and regional specificity and transnational linkages is mirrored in the structure of this volume, where parallel sections on national literatures are situated within a broadly inclusive comparative framework. Shifting socio-political and cultural contexts and their effects on novels and novelists, together with shifts in literary genres (realism, modernism, the Gothic, postmodernism) are traced across these different regions. Attention is given not only to major authors but also to Indigenous and multicultural fiction , children's and young adult novels, and popular fiction. A significant feature of this volume is its extensive treatment of the novel in the South Pacific. Chapters on book publishing, critical reception, and literary histories for all four areas are included in this innovative presentation of a TransPacific postcolonial history of the novel.

SOMMARIO

1 - Australia2 - Canada3 - Aotearoa/New Zealand4 - South Pacific5 - Australia6 - Canada7 - Aotearoa/New Zealand8 - South Pacific9 - Transnational Movements: Australia, Canada, New Zealand10 - Realist Fiction since 1950 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific)11 - Historical Fiction (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific)12 - Modernist Fiction/Alternative modernisms (Australia, Canada, New Zealand)13 - Postcolonial Gothic (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific)14 - Postmodernist and Literary Experiments (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific)15 - Children's and Young Adult Novels (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific)16 - Major Authors: Christina Stead, Patrick White, David Malouf17 - The Short Story in Australia18 - Aboriginal novels19 - Multicultural and Transnational Novels20 - Popular Fiction21 - Major Authors: Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje22 - The Short Story in Canada23 - First Nations Novels24 - Multicultural and Transnational Novels25 - Popular Fiction26 - Major Authors: Janet Frame, Patricia Grace & Maurice Gee27 - The Short Story in Aotearoa/ New Zealand28 - Maori Novels in English29 - Multicultural and Transnational Novels30 - Popular Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Crime Fiction)31 - Major Authors: Albert Wendt, Epeli Hau'ofa and Sia Figiel32 - Indigenous Pacific Fiction in English: the 'first wave'33 - Indigenous Pacific Fiction in English: the 'niu wave'34 - Newspapers and Journals (across all four areas)35 - Literary Histories (across all four areas)

AUTORE

Coral Ann Howells is Professor Emerita of English and Canadian Literature at the University of Reading, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of London Paul Sharrad is Associate Professor of English Literatures at the University of Wollongong Gerry Turcotte is Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Provost of the Sydney Campus at the University of Notre Dame, Australia

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199679775
• Collana: Oxford History of the Novel in English
• Dimensioni: 253 x 43.1 x 181 mm Ø 1310 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 654