TY - BOOK AU - Bradbury,Malcolm TI - The modern British novel SN - 014023098X AV - PR 881 B798m 1994 U1 - 823.9109 PY - 1994/// CY - London, New York PB - Penguin Books KW - English fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - 19th century KW - Literatura inglesa KW - Historia y crítica KW - Siglo XX N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-502) and index; The turn of the novel, 1878-1900; the opening world, 1900-1915; the exciting age, 1915-1930; closing time in the gardens, 1930-1945; the novel no longer novel, 1945-1960; the sixties and after, 1960-1979; artists of the floating world, 1979 to the present; coda - an afterword from the nineties; the British novel since 1876 - a list of major works N2 - An account of the development of the British novel in the 20th century, and a companion volume to the author's "The Modern American Novel". The various main lines are laid out, and the book includes a detailed survey of post-war writing and the scene today ER -