The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000

Cambridge Introductions to Literature

by Dominic Head

Dominic Head demonstrates how the novel yields a special insight into important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth-century. His study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. Placing novels in their social and historical context, it includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity, and multiculturalism. Accessible and wide-ranging, this is the most current introduction to the subject available.

Genres: Fiction, British Literature

316 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sheri Fresonke Harper]

I like the thoroughness of Dominic Head's approach. He's very detailed about his classifications and he's helpful in the way he sheds light on topics about contemporary fiction. I haven't read most of the works he includes in his discussion, but he is provides enough detail about each work that it helps illustrate the points he makes.

[Di S]

Useful book to accompany the Oxford Contemporary British Fiction course.

[Tatiana]

Outstanding. Used for Oxford online course Contemporary British Fiction.