{"product_id":"the-2010s-9781350268210","title":"The 2010s","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Bentley is Senior Lecturer in English literature at Keele University, UK. He is author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary British Fiction: A Readers Guide to Criticism \u003c\/i\u003e(2018); \u003ci\u003eMartin Amis: Writers and Their Work\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eContemporary British Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2008); and \u003ci\u003eRadical Fictions: The English Novel in the 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He is editor of\u003ci\u003e British Fiction of the 1990s\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and co-editor of two volumes in Bloomsbury's \u003ci\u003eBritish Fiction: The Decades Series \u003c\/i\u003e The 2000s (2015), and The 1950s (2019). In addition, he has published 40 journal articles and book chapters on postwar and contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Horton is a lecturer in World Literatures in English at Brunel University, UK. Her research interests include contemporary fiction in English, specializing in trauma and affect theory; genre and popular fiction; and fictional explorations of globalization and cosmopolitanism. Her first monograph, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Crisis Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA timely collection of outstanding and innovative scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe 2010s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e firmly positions literature as an urgent intervention into the political and cultural crises of the present. It reminds us exactly why fiction remains such a vital and provocative force, and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the dynamic landscape of contemporary writing. * Sara Upstone, Professor of Contemporary Literature, Kingston University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors  Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgements    Introduction: Fiction of the 2010s in the Context of a Country in Transition \u003ci\u003eEmily Horton, Nick Hubble, Nick Bentley and Philip Tew\u003c\/i\u003e   1. Fictions of the Break Up \u003ci\u003eNick Hubble\u003c\/i\u003e   2. Fiction in the Age of Distraction: Reading and Attention in the 2010s \u003ci\u003eAlice Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e   3. Border Crossings: Diasporic British Fiction of the 2010s \u003ci\u003eEmily Horton\u003c\/i\u003e   4. ‘Defining it is a Struggle’: Working-Class Fiction in the 2010s \u003ci\u003eMatti Ron\u003c\/i\u003e   5. What’s to-day? Politics and Typography in Ali Smith’s Decade \u003ci\u003eTory Young\u003c\/i\u003e   6. The ‘Teenie’ Novels of Jonathan Coe: Intertextuality, Satire, Parody, Farce and Irony    \u003ci\u003ePhilip Tew\u003c\/i\u003e   7. ‘The English Problem’: Reading the Body Politic in Post-Brexit Fictions \u003ci\u003eKristian Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e   8. Inexhaustible Literature? Contemporary Experimental Approaches in Literature \u003ci\u003eMark P. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e   9. Speculative Fiction of the 2010s \u003ci\u003eAnna McFarlane\u003c\/i\u003e   10. The Neo-mythological Novel: Re-writing the Epic in Contemporary British Fiction. \u003ci\u003eNick Bentley\u003c\/i\u003e   Timeline of Works Timeline of National Events Timeline of International Events Biographies of Writers Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195266986327,"sku":"9781350268210","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-2010s-9781350268210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}