Nicholas Bentley's Outputs (38)

Stories into song: theory and co-creative practice of adapting literary fiction into pop and rock songs (2024)
Journal Article
Bentley, N., & Peacock, J. (in press). Stories into song: theory and co-creative practice of adapting literary fiction into pop and rock songs. Adaptation, 18(1), Article apae025. https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apae025

Despite the many pop and rock songs adapted from literary texts, there has been little scholarship on the theory and practice of adapting novels and short stories into short-form musical works. This article is part of a British Academy-funded pilot p... Read More about Stories into song: theory and co-creative practice of adapting literary fiction into pop and rock songs.

Stories into Song: Theory and Co-creative Practice of Adapting Literary Fiction into Pop and Rock Songs (2024)
Journal Article
Peacock, J., & Bentley, N. (in press). Stories into Song: Theory and Co-creative Practice of Adapting Literary Fiction into Pop and Rock Songs. Adaptation,

Despite the many pop and rock songs adapted from literary texts, there has been little scholarship on the theory and practice of adapting novels and short stories into short-form musical works. This article is part of a British-Academy-funded pilot p... Read More about Stories into Song: Theory and Co-creative Practice of Adapting Literary Fiction into Pop and Rock Songs.

The 2010s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (Ed. by N. Bentley) (2023)
Book
Bentley, N., Hubble, N., Horton, E., & Tew, P. (2024). N. Bentley, N. Hubble, P. Tew, E. Horton, E. Horton (co-editor), N. Hubble (co-editor), & P. Tew (co-editor) (Eds.). The 2010s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (Ed. by N. Bentley). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350268241

Don't Look Now (2023)
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Bentley, N., & Peacock, J. (2023). Don't Look Now. [Audio]

This song is an output from a British Academy-funded Small Research Grant project called 'Stories into Song'. The song was composed, performed and recorded by the project's participants and uses a methodology developed during the project based on the... Read More about Don't Look Now.

Never Let Me Go (2023)
Other
Bentley, N., & Peacock, J. (2023). Never Let Me Go. [Audio]

This song is an output from a British Academy-funded Small Research Grant project called 'Stories into Song'. The song was composed, performed and recorded by Nick Bentley and James Peacock and uses a methodology developed during the project based on... Read More about Never Let Me Go.

Bentley Ghost Towns (2022)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2022). Bentley Ghost Towns. In Locating Classed Subjectivities. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003119425-9

This chapter compares very different articulations of British working-class identities and spaces in two recent novels. It begins by critically examining theories of space and working-class identity with reference to a number of theorists and cultura... Read More about Bentley Ghost Towns.

Ghost Towns: The Haunting, Deindustrialized Spaces of Ross Raisin's 'Waterline' and Martin Amis's 'Lionel Asbo' (2022)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2022). Ghost Towns: The Haunting, Deindustrialized Spaces of Ross Raisin's 'Waterline' and Martin Amis's 'Lionel Asbo'. In S. Lee (Ed.), Locating Classed Subjectivities: Intersections of Space and Working-Class Life in Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-First-Century British Writing (146--166). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003119425-9

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

Contemporary British Fiction: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism (2017)
Book
Bentley, N. (2017). Contemporary British Fiction: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Palgrave Macmillan

This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important debates in the criticism and research of contemporary British fiction. Nick Bentley analyses the criticism surrounding a range of British novelists including Monica Ali, Marti... Read More about Contemporary British Fiction: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism.

Sebastian Groes, British Fiction of the Sixties: The Making of the Swinging Decade (2017)
Journal Article
Bentley, N. (2017). Sebastian Groes, British Fiction of the Sixties: The Making of the Swinging Decade. Literature and History, 26, 150--153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306197317706851s

Working-Class Writing and the Decline of Class Consciousness (2017)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2017). Working-Class Writing and the Decline of Class Consciousness. In B. Schoene, & E. Pollard (Eds.), Accelerated Times: British Literature in Transition, Volume 5: 1980-2000. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316344071.011

The Changingman: Maculinity, Violence and Revenge in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog (2016)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2016). The Changingman: Maculinity, Violence and Revenge in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog. In N. Hubble, & P. Tew (Eds.), Beyond the City: Return of the Real London in Contemporary British Fiction (65--82). (1). Continuum. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474217224.ch-004

The Novel Sequence (2016)
Book Chapter
Bentley. (2016). The Novel Sequence. In P. Boxall, & B. Cheyette (Eds.), The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume 7: British and Irish Fiction Since 1940 (258--271). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198749394.003.0017

This chapter examines the novel sequence. The novel sequence has been an important part of British and Irish literary output in the period since 1940, with examples in all the major genres and modes of fiction. The post-Second World War period repres... Read More about The Novel Sequence.

‘I’m an adolescent. And that’s how I’m going to stay’: Lessing and Youth Culture, 1956-1962 (2016)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2016). ‘I’m an adolescent. And that’s how I’m going to stay’: Lessing and Youth Culture, 1956-1962. In K. Brazil, D. Sergeant, & T. Sperlinger (Eds.), Doris Lessing and the Forming of History (26--38). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474414432.003.0003

The mid-to-late 1950s saw an explosion of youth subcultures in Britain – teenagers, Teddy Boys, jazz fans, hipsters, beatniks, mods and rockers. This range generated a series of moral panics and media fascination. The New Left in particularly were sp... Read More about ‘I’m an adolescent. And that’s how I’m going to stay’: Lessing and Youth Culture, 1956-1962.

Introduction: Fiction of the 2000s: Political Contexts, Seeing the Contemporary, and the End(s) of Postmodernism (2015)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N., Hubble, N., & Wilson, L. (2015). Introduction: Fiction of the 2000s: Political Contexts, Seeing the Contemporary, and the End(s) of Postmodernism. In The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (1--26). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474217217.0006

Martin Amis (Writers and Their Work) (2015)
Book
Bentley, N. (2015). Martin Amis (Writers and Their Work). Northcote House

The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (2015)
Book
Hubble, N. (2015). N. Bentley (Ed.), The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction. Bloomsbury Publishing

Martin Amis (Writers and Their Work) (2015)
Book
Bentley, N. (2015). Martin Amis (Writers and Their Work). Northcote House

Re-Writing National Identities in 1990s British (2015)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2015). Re-Writing National Identities in 1990s British. In The 1990s: A decade of Contemporary British Fiction. Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474217699.ch-003

Postmodern Revisions of Englishness: Rushdie, Barnes , Ballard (2015)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2015). Postmodern Revisions of Englishness: Rushdie, Barnes , Ballard. In L. Platt, & S. Upstone (Eds.), Postmodern Literature and Race (211--227). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337022.018

This chapter examines the way in which postcolonial theory and discourses related to racial identity have impacted on a number of writers concerned with interrogating notions of Englishness in their fiction. It begins by identifying the way in which... Read More about Postmodern Revisions of Englishness: Rushdie, Barnes , Ballard.

Subcultural fictions: Youth subcultures in twenty-first century British fiction. (2015)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2015). Subcultural fictions: Youth subcultures in twenty-first century British fiction. In N. Bentley, N. Hubble, & L. Wilson (Eds.), The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (53--82). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474217217.ch-002

'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s (2015)
Journal Article
Bentley, & Bentley, N. (2015). 'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s

The latter years of the 1950s represent a period in which Lessing is experimenting with literary forms that extend beyond narrative fiction. In 1958 she produced the play Each to His Own Wilderness and the following year published Fourteen Poems. Bot... Read More about 'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s.

'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding?': The Retrieval of the Second World War in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remians of the Day and Ian McEwan's Atonement (2014)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2014). 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding?': The Retrieval of the Second World War in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remians of the Day and Ian McEwan's Atonement. In E. Rousselot (Ed.), Exoticizing the Past in Contemporary Neo-Historical Fiction (138--159). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137375209_9

The iconic BBC comedy series Dad’s Army set on the home front during the Second World War has over its title credits the song ‘Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?’ performed by Bud Flanagan. This song includes the lines: ‘[w]e are the boys w... Read More about 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding?': The Retrieval of the Second World War in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remians of the Day and Ian McEwan's Atonement.

Postmodern Cities (2014)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2014). Postmodern Cities. In K. McNamara (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature (175--187). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139235617.015

Postmodern cities. 5,000 words. This chapter discusses the two principal strands of the postmodern city novel: texts in which the city is presented as a verbal labyrinth, simulacrum, or technoscape (e. g. the fiction of Auster, Borges, Calvino, Murak... Read More about Postmodern Cities.

Staring at the Rudeboys: The Representation of Youth Subcultures in Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani and John King’s Skinheads (2014)
Book Chapter
Bentley. (2014). Staring at the Rudeboys: The Representation of Youth Subcultures in Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani and John King’s Skinheads. In Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change (175 - 192 (17)). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Mind and Brain: the Representation of Trauma in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog and Ian McEwan's Saturday (2013)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2013). Mind and Brain: the Representation of Trauma in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog and Ian McEwan's Saturday. In J. Peacock, & T. Lustig (Eds.), The Syndrome Syndrome: Disorders and Diseases in Contemporary Literature (115--129). (1). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203067314-8

This chapter explores the contrasting representation of trauma in two contemporary British novels: Martin Amis’ Yellow Dog (2003) and Ian McE-wan’s Saturday (2005). The first part focusses on recent debates with respect to the way traumatic experienc... Read More about Mind and Brain: the Representation of Trauma in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog and Ian McEwan's Saturday.

Satiromania: Postmodern Satire in Martin Amis's Dead Babies (2009)
Journal Article
Bentley, N. (2009). Satiromania: Postmodern Satire in Martin Amis's Dead Babies. Critical Engagements, 3(2), 53--71

Writing 1950s London: Narrative Strategies in Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners (2003)
Journal Article
Bentley, N. (2003). Writing 1950s London: Narrative Strategies in Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners. Literary London: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London, 1(2),

<1> Colin MacInnes is a 1950s writer who has largely been overlooked in recent critical analyses of the period.[1] His writing represents a radical experiment with narrative forms and genres that corresponds to his investigation of the submerged worl... Read More about Writing 1950s London: Narrative Strategies in Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners.

Graffiti Representations of Subcultural Identity: A photo-essay of Spanish Urban Street Art in Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. Graffiti Representations of Subcultural Identity: A photo-essay of Spanish Urban Street Art in Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media.