{"product_id":"british-fictions-of-the-sixties-9781350054196","title":"British Fictions of the Sixties","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Fictions of the Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the 1960s can only be understood if, next to its contemporary socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in the understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBritish Fictions of the Sixties \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quinn, Bridget Brophy, Eva Figes, Christine Brooke-Rose, and J. G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicely provocative. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e[A] wide-ranging compendium that puts the novel at the centre of a culture ... Groes’s study is very timely, and should be attended to in current debates about the periodization of the recent literary past, and of the constitution of the contemporary. * Review of English Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThe book represents an important contribution to our thinking not only about the fiction of the 1960s but also that decade’s place in our cultural  imagination ... Groes has an engaging style, and the imaginative organisation of the material makes the sometimes complex arguments accessible to a range of readers, whilst maintaining a rigorous analysis of the fiction based on a set of thoughtful and often intriguing critical approaches. * Literature \u0026amp; History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents \u003c\/b\u003e  Preface  Introduction: Revolutions of the Mind                                                Chapter One: Authenticity and Audiotape               Chapter Two: Realism Renegotiated                Chapter Three: Women’s Skinny Fiction  Chapter Four: Infinite Londons                          Chapter Five: English Anti-Novels  Chapter Six: The Extreme Sixties  Chapter Seven: Pornotopia  Conclusion: The Future of the Sixties                                                                          Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019625005399,"sku":"9781350054196","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350054196.jpg?v=1750780820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/british-fictions-of-the-sixties-9781350054196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}