Poverty in Contemporary Literature: Themes and Figurations on the British Book Market (Palgrave Pivot)

Poverty in Contemporary Literature: Themes and Figurations on the British Book Market (Palgrave Pivot) image
ISBN-10:

1137429283

ISBN-13:

9781137429285

Author(s): Korte, B.; Zipp, G.
Edition: 2014
Released: Feb 28, 2014
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Format: Hardcover, 155 pages
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Description:

Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re-)configure how people think, feel and behave in relation to poverty. This study investigates life-writing, fiction and non-fiction with a poverty theme, produced in Britain from the mid-1990s to the present and contributes to the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies.











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