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A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story

ISBN: 978-1-405-14537-4

October 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

592 pages

Description
A COMPANION TO THE BRITISH AND IRISH SHORT STORY

A COMPANION TO THE BRITISH AND RISH SHORT STORY

A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story chronicles the development of this important literary form in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Part I covers the years up to 1945 and examines the short fiction that emerged around such themes as imperial adventures, responses to war, and detective and crime stories. Authors covered in this period include Robert Louis Stevenson, James Joyce, Liam O’Flaherty, and Elizabeth Bowen. Part II reflects the range of themes, and richer diversity of authorship, that developed during the postwar years, including feminist writings, gay and lesbian fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and short stories by Asian and Afro-Caribbean writers. Doris Lessing, Angela Carter, Hanif Kureishi, J.G. Ballard, and Ben Okri, are just some of the authors discussed in these chapters.

Incorporating a wide range of approaches, A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story captures the astonishing range of modern short fiction produced in Britain and Ireland from the end of the nineteenth century.

About the Author
Cheryl Alexander Malcolm is Associate Professor in the Department of American Literature and Culture, English Institute, University of Gdansk, Poland

David Malcolm is Professor and Chair, Department of Literary Studies, English Institute, University of Gdansk, Poland

Features
• Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the present
• Includes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authors
• Comprises chapters on women’s writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain