{"product_id":"the-routledge-guide-to-modern-ronald-carter-9780415286374","title":"The Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing","description":"In 1963 President John F. Kennedy was shot, Sylvia Plath published \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Beatles were in their prime. This was a changing world, which British and Irish writers both contributed to and reflected in drama, poetry and prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of British and Irish writing from 1963 to the present. From the first performance of Tom Stoppard's \u003cem\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1960s to lad novels and Chick Lit in the twenty-first century, the authors guide the reader through the major writers, genres and developments in English writing over the past forty years. Providing an in-depth overview of the main genres and extensive treatment of a wide range of writers including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Angela Carter, Benjamin Zephaniah and Nick Hornby, this highly readable handbook also offers notes on language issues, quotations from selected works, a timeline and a guide to other works.\u003cbr\u003eWritten by the authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge History of Literature in English\u003c\/em\u003e (second edition, 2001), \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for all readers of contemporary writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Carter, John McRae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415286379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415286374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.12w x 0.68d","brand":"Ronald Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334410391807,"sku":"9780415286374","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee6a1dc9-ece2-4b6d-a4ed-a27b239e8c35.jpg?v=1731466762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-routledge-guide-to-modern-ronald-carter-9780415286374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}