English Novel in History, 1895-1920
Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-15150-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-15150-5 (ISBN)
Written especially for students and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to early 20th-century fiction.
Written especially for students and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, David Trotter's "The English Novel in History 1895-1920" provides a comprehensive introduction to early 20th-century fiction This study embraces the whole range of early 20th-century fiction, from avant-garde innovations to popular mass-market genres. Separate sections are devoted to James, Conrad, Kipling, Bennett, Lawrence, Lewis, and Joyce. It establishes a classification of literary styles in the period. Based on this classification, it offers an account of the subject-matters which preoccupied writers of all kinds: gender, race, nationality, sexual psychology, production and consumption. "The English Novel in History" aims to redefine our understanding of literary Modernism, and should be useful reading for all students of modern English literature.
Written especially for students and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, David Trotter's "The English Novel in History 1895-1920" provides a comprehensive introduction to early 20th-century fiction This study embraces the whole range of early 20th-century fiction, from avant-garde innovations to popular mass-market genres. Separate sections are devoted to James, Conrad, Kipling, Bennett, Lawrence, Lewis, and Joyce. It establishes a classification of literary styles in the period. Based on this classification, it offers an account of the subject-matters which preoccupied writers of all kinds: gender, race, nationality, sexual psychology, production and consumption. "The English Novel in History" aims to redefine our understanding of literary Modernism, and should be useful reading for all students of modern English literature.
David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London.
Introduction Part I Economies and styles 1 CONSUMING PASSIONS 2 LABOUR 3 GOLD STANDARDS 4 THRESHOLDS 5 INTERIORS 6 THE RELEVANCE OF ULYSSES Part II Nation and society 7 DEGENERATION 8 DECLENSION 9 FRONTIERS 10 ENGLISHNESS 11 SPIES 12 AWAKENINGS Part III The Psychopathology of Modernism 13 SEX NOVELS 14 DISGUST 15 HENRY JAMES’S ODD WOMEN 16 IRONY AND REVULSION IN KIPLING AND CONRAD 17 WAITING: JAMES’S LAST NOVELS 18 WYNDHAM LEWIS 19 STEPHEN HERO AND BLOOM THE OBSCURE
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.09.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-15150-5 / 1138151505 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-15150-5 / 9781138151505 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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