James Kelman
James Kelman is Scotland?s most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as a...
| Основен автор: | Kovesi, Simon. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2007.
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| Серия: |
Contemporary British novelists.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=515009 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
James Kelman. |
| Резюме: |
James Kelman is Scotland?s most influential contemporary prose artist. This is the first book-length study of his groundbreaking novels, and it analyses and contextualises each in detail. It argues that while Kelman offers a coherent and consistent vision of the world, each novel should be read as a distinct literary response to particular aspects of contemporary working-class language and culture. Richly historicised through diverse contexts such as Scottish socialism, public transport, emigration,?Booker Prize? culture and Glasgow?s controversial?City of Culture? status in 1990, Simon Kove. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (225 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781847791757 1847791751 9781781701041 1781701040 |