Zadie Smith, White Teeth

Jonathan P. A. Sell (Universidad de Alcala de Henares)

Ed. by Cristina Sandru, The Literary Encyclopedia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2000

Places

England (Country of Origin)

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Novel

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White Teeth

ever since (and even before) its publication (Hamish Hamilton, 2000), Zadie Smith’s first novel is often overshadowed by the media event into which it was fast transformed and the various misrepresentations and expropriations to which it has been subjected at the hands of critics, academics, social collectives and political groupings. So much is it so that the novel’s own undistorted voice is barely heard amid all the hysteria it almost certainly had no wish to provoke. Similarly, despite winning two prestigious literary awards, the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and the 2000 Whitbread Book Award (best first novel) (and with all the necessary provisos entered…

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Citation: Sell, Jonathan P. A.. "White Teeth". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 April 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8775, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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