Poverty in Contemporary Literature

Description:

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 with a poverty theme, produced in Britain from the mid-1990s to the present and contributes to the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies.

subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 21st century,  English literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  English literature,  History and criticism,  Poverty in literature,  Equality in literature,  Income distribution in literature