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The Cambridge companion to the twentieth-century English novel / edited by Robert L. Caserio.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xvi, 280 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521884167 (hbk.)
  • 9780521711159 (pbk.)
  • 0521884160 (hbk.)
  • 0521711150 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823
LOC classification:
  • PR 883 C178 2009
Contents:
The art of English fiction in the twentieth century / Dorothy J. Hale -- The British Empire and the English modernist novel / Jed Esty -- Realism and rebellion in Edwardian and Georgian fiction / Maria Di Battista -- The Great War in English fiction / Paul Edwards -- Postwar modernism in the 1920s and 1930s : the mammoth in the basement / Rod Mengham -- Regionalism in English fiction between the wars / Matthew Hart -- Ireland and English fiction / Anne Fogarty -- Feminist fiction / Kristin Bluemel -- Working-class fiction across the century / John Fordham -- World War II, the welfare state, and postwar "humanism" / Marina Mackay -- The Windrush generation / Timothy Weiss -- History in fiction / James Acheson and Robert L. Caserio -- Postmodernisms of English fiction / Andrzej Gasiorek -- Detectives and spies / Allan Hepburn -- The post-consensus novel : minority culture, multiculturalism, and transnational comparison / Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- An absurd century : varieties of satire / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- The other side of history : fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction / M. Keith Booker.
Summary: An overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature. This volume surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations, and explores common themes. It includes a chronology and guide to further reading.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index.

The art of English fiction in the twentieth century / Dorothy J. Hale -- The British Empire and the English modernist novel / Jed Esty -- Realism and rebellion in Edwardian and Georgian fiction / Maria Di Battista -- The Great War in English fiction / Paul Edwards -- Postwar modernism in the 1920s and 1930s : the mammoth in the basement / Rod Mengham -- Regionalism in English fiction between the wars / Matthew Hart -- Ireland and English fiction / Anne Fogarty -- Feminist fiction / Kristin Bluemel -- Working-class fiction across the century / John Fordham -- World War II, the welfare state, and postwar "humanism" / Marina Mackay -- The Windrush generation / Timothy Weiss -- History in fiction / James Acheson and Robert L. Caserio -- Postmodernisms of English fiction / Andrzej Gasiorek -- Detectives and spies / Allan Hepburn -- The post-consensus novel : minority culture, multiculturalism, and transnational comparison / Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- An absurd century : varieties of satire / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- The other side of history : fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction / M. Keith Booker.

An overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature. This volume surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations, and explores common themes. It includes a chronology and guide to further reading.

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