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  • Andrea Levy: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

    Andrea Levy by Baxter, Jeannette; James, David;

    Contemporary Critical Perspectives

    Series: Contemporary Critical Perspectives;

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    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 13 March 2014
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781441160454
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages176 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Weight 426 g
    • Language English
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    Long description:

    Andrea Levy has emerged as one of the most significant and popular voices in contemporary black British writing both in the UK and abroad. Drawing on a familial history of emigration, her critically-acclaimed novels - including the multiple award-winning Small Island - attempt to bring a variety of voices to the representation of black experience in post-war Britain.

    This book is the first of its kind to be devoted to Levy's work. Combining historical, theoretical and textual perspectives, the volume hosts a wide range of current critical approaches to Levy's fiction. With chapters written by leading established and emerging scholars, the book explores issues of literary form, diasporic literature and cultural value, the BBC TV adaptation of Small Island, while also shedding fresh light on Levy's critically neglected early works. The book also includes a new interview with Levy herself, a timeline of her life, chapter summaries, as well as guides to further reading and online resources, making this an essential companion to the writings of one of the most exciting voices in contemporary fiction.

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    Table of Contents:

    Contributors

    Foreword by Lawrence Scott

    Series Editors' Preface

    Acknowledgements

    Chronology of Andrea Levy's Life

    INTRODUCTION
    'Towards Serious Work'
    Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge) and David James (Queen Mary University, London)

    CHAPTER ONE
    Unhappy Bildungsromane
    Dave Gunning (University of Birmingham)

    CHAPTER TWO
    Council Housing and the Politics of the Welfare State in Never Far From
    Matthew Taunton (University of East Anglia)

    CHAPTER THREE
    Existing in More than One Plane of Time: Memory and Narrative Form in Every Light in the House Michael Perfect (University of Cambridge)

    CHAPTER FOUR
    The Immediacy of Small Island
    David James (Queen Mary University, London)

    CHAPTER FIVE
    Small Island, Small Screen: Adapting Black British
    Rachel Carroll (University of Teeside)

    CHAPTER SIX
    Exquisite Corpse: Un/dressing History in Fruit of the Lemon/The Long Song
    Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)

    CHAPTER SEVEN
    'I am the narrator of this work': Narrative Authority in Andrea Levy's The Long
    Fiona Tolan (Liverpool John Moores University)

    CHAPTER EIGHT
    At the Centre of the Picture: Andrea Levy's The Long
    Susan Alice Fischer (City University of New York)

    'Andrea Levy in Conversation with Susan Alice Fischer'

    References
    Index

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