Poverty in Contemporary Literature - Themes and Figurations on the British Book Market

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Her books include English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (2000) and she is editor of The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007). Georg Zipp is an academic researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His study on poverty in Contemporary Caribbean fiction is forthcoming. Klappentext Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. Literature, and particularly narrative literature, (re-)configures how people think, feel and behave in relation to poverty. This makes the analysis of poverty-themed fiction an important aspect in the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies. Zusammenfassung Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. Literature! and particularly narrative literature! (re-)configures how people think! feel and behave in relation to poverty. This makes the analysis of poverty-themed fiction an important aspect in the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Premises and Concepts 3. Lifewriting 4. Popular Genre Fiction 5. Literary Fiction 6. Fiction for Children and Young Adults 7. Non-Fiction 8. Other Media 9. Conclusion Works Cited Index

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Premises and Concepts 3. Lifewriting 4. Popular Genre Fiction 5. Literary Fiction 6. Fiction for Children and Young Adults 7. Non-Fiction 8. Other Media 9. Conclusion Works Cited Index

About the author

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Her books include English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (2000) and she is editor of The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007).

Georg Zipp is an academic researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His study on poverty in Contemporary Caribbean fiction is forthcoming.

Product details

• Authors: Korte, B Korte, B. Korte, Barbara Korte, Barbara Zipp Korte, G Zipp, G. Zipp, Georg Zipp
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9781137429285
• ISBN: 978-1-137-42928-5
• No. of pages: 149
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; C, Fiction & related items, Fiction, Contemporary Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, European Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Literature, Modern—21st century, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy