Literature of the 1980s: v. 9: After the Watershed (Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain)

The Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in BritainGeneral Editor: Randall StevensonHow did literature develop in Britain in the twentieth century? How did it interact with the wider culture and history of the times? Each of the ten volumes in this series analyses the literary developments of a single decade in their widest contexts. Literature of the 1980s: After the WatershedJoseph BrookerJoseph Brooker relates developments in fiction, poetry and drama to social change - from the new generation of London novelists such as Martin Amis and Ian McEwan to the impact of feminism in the writing of Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson. Brooker also explores the literary strategies used by writers of working-class origin such as James Kelman and Tony Harrison to show the effects of Thatcherism on their writing, as well as the voices used by Black British writers including Fred D'Aguiar and Hanif Kureishi. The rise of postmodernism is explained in relation to developments in literary theory and the popularity of new self-conscious ways of writing. Literature of the 1980s provides a vibrant account of the diverse literature from a decade which left Britain a very different place.Joseph Brooker teaches English at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of Joyce's Critics (2004) and Flann O'Brien (2005).Brooker, Joseph is the author of 'Literature of the 1980s: v. 9: After the Watershed (Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain)', published 2010 under ISBN 9780748633944 and ISBN 0748633944.