The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 12: The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and...

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Coral Ann Howells (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) Paul Sharrad (University of Wollongong, Australia)

The Oxford History of the Novel in English

Volume 12: The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950

Coral Ann Howells (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London), Paul Sharrad (University of Wollongong, Australia), Gerry Turcotte (The University of Notre Dame, Australia)

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Oxford University Press
20 April 2017

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English

The Oxford History of the Novel in English is a 12-volume series presenting a comprehensive, global, and up-to-date history of English-language prose fiction and written by a large, international team of scholars. The series is concerned with novels as a whole, not just the 'literary' novel, and each volume includes chapters on the processes of production, distribution and reception, and on popular fiction and the fictional sub-genres, as well as outlining the work of major novelists, movements and tendencies.

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the production of English language novels and related prose fiction since 1950 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. After the Second World War, the rise of cultural nationalism in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and movements towards independence in the Pacific islands, together with the turn toward multiculturalism and transnationalism in the postcolonial world, has called into question the standard national frames for literary history. This has resulted in an increasing recognition of formerly marginalised peoples and a repositioning of these national literatures in a world literary context.

This multi-authored volume explores the implications of such radical change through its focus on the novel and the short story, which model the crises in evolving narratives of nationhood and the reinvention of postcolonial identities. The constant interplay between national and regional specificity and transnational linkages is mirrored in the structure of this volume, where parallel sections on national literatures are situated within a broadly inclusive comparative framework. Shifting socio-political and cultural contexts and their effects on novels and novelists, together with shifts in literary genres (realism, modernism, the Gothic, postmodernism) are traced across these different regions. Attention is given not only to major authors but also to Indigenous and multicultural fiction , children's and young adult novels, and popular fiction.

A significant feature of this volume is its extensive treatment of the novel in the South Pacific. Chapters on book publishing, critical reception, and literary histories for all four areas are included in this innovative presentation of a TransPacific postcolonial history of the novel.

Edited by: Coral Ann Howells (Institute of English Studies School of Advanced Study University of London), Paul Sharrad (University of Wollongong, Australia), Gerry Turcotte (The University of Notre Dame, Australia)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 181mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199679775
ISBN 10: 0199679770
Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 20 April 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PART I: BOOK HISTORY; PART II: IDENTITIES IN TRANSITION; PART III: FICTIONAL MODES; PART IV: AUSTRALIA; PART V: CANADA; PART VI: NEW ZEALAND; PART VII: SOUTH PACIFIC; PART VIII: CRITICAL RECEPTION

Coral Ann Howells is Professor Emerita of English and Canadian Literature at the University of Reading, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of London Paul Sharrad is Associate Professor of English Literatures at the University of Wollongong Gerry Turcotte is Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Provost of the Sydney Campus at the University of Notre Dame, Australia

Reviews for The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 12: The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950

This volume is a marvellous resource ... As it records the artists' and critics' efforts to showcase the local and transnational richness of novelistic production, this book will undoubtedly become a new bible for generations of literary researchers to come. * Jessica Maufort, Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies *