Postmodern Fiction and the Break-up of Britain(2010).pdf

Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain Related titles available in the Continuum Literary Studies series: Character and Satire in Post War Fiction Ian Gregson Fictions of Globalization James Annesley Jonathan Franzen at the End of Postmodernism Stephen J. Burn London Narratives Lawrence Phillips Women’s Fiction 1945–2005 Deborah Philips Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain Hywel Dix Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York, NY 10038 ? Hywel Dix 2010 Hywel Dix has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identii ed as the Author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-8470-6407-3 (hardback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by the MPG Books Group Contents Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 Chapter One The Novel – and Britain – in Transition 17 Chapter Two Voyages In 37 Chapter Three High Rise 61 Chapter Four Feminist Satires of Monarchic Culture 84 Chapter Five A Borderless World 105 Chapter Six Race, Reading and Identii cation 126 Conclusion: Break-Up or Make-Up? 155 Notes 159 Bibliography 164 Index 169 Acknowledgements This book is a follow-up to my earlier After Raymond Williams: Cultural Materialism and the Break-Up of Britain , completed on a research fellowship at the University of an between 2003 and 2006. I remain extremely grateful to