First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book examines and explains the obsession with history in the contemporary British novel. It frames these historical novels as expressions of narrative desi

In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing conne

The collection expresses the need to think in the plural when it comes to English to acknowledge the ongoing evolution of this language.

A detailed study of an increasingly popular genre, this book offers readings of a group of significant and representative works, drawing on a range of interpret