All Outputs (10)

Trailing Postmodernism: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Zadie Smith’s NW, and the Metamodern (2018)
Journal Article
Bentley. (2018). Trailing Postmodernism: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Zadie Smith’s NW, and the Metamodern. English Studies, 723-743. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2018.1510611

This article examines David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (2004) and Zadie Smith's NW (2012) against recent theories of the post-postmodern. It argues that although both texts can be seen to be gesturing towards a reconstructive relationship with the absolu... Read More about Trailing Postmodernism: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Zadie Smith’s NW, and the Metamodern.

The 1950s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction (2018)
Book
Bentley, N., Ferrebe, A., & Hubble, N. (Eds.). (2018). The 1950s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction. Bloomsbury Publishing

Chapter 2. Questing for the post-postmodern: David Mitchell’s number9dream (2018)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2018). Chapter 2. Questing for the post-postmodern: David Mitchell’s number9dream. In David Mitchell: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (39-52). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474262132.0008

Nick Bentley This chapter argues that number9dream represents a quest narrative in terms of both content and form. The novel begins by inhabiting the postmodernity of late-twentieth-century Tokyo, a setting in which the main character, Eiji Miyake, s... Read More about Chapter 2. Questing for the post-postmodern: David Mitchell’s number9dream.

Seams (performance show, Keele Chapel, June 2018) (2018)
Other
Morgan, C., Reynolds, C., Seabridge, S., Crawley, S., Bentley, N., Skentelbery, D., & Rogerson, P. (2018). Seams (performance show, Keele Chapel, June 2018). [Performance]

Punk Fiction; Punk in Fiction (2018)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2018). Punk Fiction; Punk in Fiction. In Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media (41-58). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73189-6_3

Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media Teenage Dreams (2018)
Book
Bentley. (2018). Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media Teenage Dreams

This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts.

Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media: Teenage Dreams (Ed. N Bentley) (2018)
Book
Bentley, N. (2018). N. Bentley, B. Johnson, & A. Zieleniec (Eds.). Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media: Teenage Dreams (Ed. N Bentley). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73189-6

Narratives of trauma and loss in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River and A Distant Shore (2018)
Journal Article
Bentley, N. (2018). Narratives of trauma and loss in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River and A Distant Shore. Commonwealth Essays and Studies, 40, 21--31. https://doi.org/10.4000/ces.4448

This article argues that trauma is at the heart of Caryl Phillips's fiction with particular reference to two novels, Crossing the River (1993) and A Distant Shore (2003). It assess a number of writiers associated with trauma theory and takes issue wi... Read More about Narratives of trauma and loss in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River and A Distant Shore.

From Prog to Punk: Cultural Politics and the Form of the Novel in Jonathan Coe's The Rotters’ Club (2018)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2018). From Prog to Punk: Cultural Politics and the Form of the Novel in Jonathan Coe's The Rotters’ Club. In P. Tew (Ed.), Jonathan Coe: Contemporary British Satire (109--124). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350027701.0013

Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On: The Politics of Youth in 1950s Fiction (2018)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2018). Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On: The Politics of Youth in 1950s Fiction. In The 1950's - A Decade of Modern British Fiction (177--204). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350011540.ch-006