Poverty in Contemporary Literature

B. Korte

earliest edition we have, 2014 Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2014

Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re- )configure how people think, feel and behave in relation to poverty. This study investigates life-writing, fiction and non-fiction wit...

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Poverty in Contemporary Literature paperback · 2014 · Palgrave Pivot · 156 pages · 9781349491810
Poverty in Contemporary Literature edition · 2014 · Palgrave Macmillan Limited · 9781137429292
Poverty in Contemporary Literature hardcover · 2014 · Palgrave Pivot · 149 pages · 9781137429285

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