Maggie Gee Writing the Condition-of-England Novel [Hardcover]

The first female Chair of the Royal Society of Literature and translated into thirteen languages, Maggie Gee is writing the Victorian condition-of-England novel for 21st-century Britain.

In the first critical study of Gee's work, Mine ?zyurt Kili? identifies the specific social problems her novels address and explains the social consciousness similarities Gee shares with the Victorians. Analyzing how Gee adjusts the condition-of-England novel to reflect contemporary Britain enables ?zyurt Kili? to reveal the accuracy of Gee's rich portraits of Britain. She focuses on Gee's ability to cut across the boundaries of race, class and gender, mix voices from the margin with the majority and challenge and change the idea of the mainstream.

As an active, self-conscious and critical participant in the literary world, Gee paints a panoramic view of society. Her critiques of class, race and the world of publishing, allow ?zyurt Kili? to cover a wide range of topics and detail how English fiction shapes and influences, and is shaped and influenced by, the contemporary literary market.

A detailed study of Maggie Gee's work that illustrates how she is rewriting the mid-Victorian condition-of-England novel for 21st-century Britain.

Mine ?zyurt Kili? is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Preface \ Acknowledgements\ List of Abbreviations Part 1: Introduction \ 1. ContextualisingMaggie Gee's Fiction Part 2: Major Works 2. Author FlingingHerself From the Ivory Tower: Dying, In Other Words \ 3. Of the Nuclear Familyand the Hibakusha: The Burning Book \ 4. Telescopic View ofEngland, England: Light Years\ 5. Hard Times: Graceand Where Are the Snows\ 6. Are Such Things Doneon Albion's Shore?: Lost Children 7. Environmental Crisis, from Fact toFiction: The Ice People and The Flood \ 8.Of the Two Nations: The WhiteFamily\ 9. Authorship in a Globalised World: MyCleaner and My Dril#»