British Terrorist Novels of the 1970s

• Main Author: Darlington, Joseph (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Literature, Modern-20th century.; Fiction.; British literature.; Twentieth-Century Literature.; British and Irish Literature.

This book discusses British novels published during the 1970s which feature terrorists either as main characters or a major plot points. The focus on terrorism's literary depiction provides insight into the politics of the decade. The book analyses texts from Gerald Seymour, Anthony Burgess, V....

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Short History of Terrorism as Concept and Tactic
• 3. The Terrorist Novel, Thriller and Postcolonial Britain
• 4. Writing the IRA from the Mainland
• 5. Counter-cultural Writers and the Angry Brigade
• 6. Environmentalists and Conservationists
• 7. Conclusion.