| English Literature of the 1920s Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ayers, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748620257 ISBN-13: 9780748620258 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: English literature of the 1920s is commonly treated in terms of its position within european or anglo-american modernism. Ayers argues that english literature of the period can be better understood when examined in the context of a more local social and literary history. Focusing principally on the novel, it sets modernist works alongside non-modernist and popular forms. Exploring the engagement of these texts with social concerns, including sexuality, gender and class politics, englishness, empire and the cultural pessimism which informed the formation of english as a modern university subject. The book includes studies of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster as well as Rebecca West, Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Key Features * The texts and authors covered in the book coincide with what is taught in popular option courses, e.g. Modernism; C20th Fiction; D H Lawrence; Virginia Woolf * Ranges across modernist, realist and popular forms of literature * New approaches to the classic works of the period * Covers current themes such as gender, politics, englishness and empire |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.14" W x 9.2" (0.89 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The English literature of the 1920s is commonly treated in terms of its position within European or Anglo-American Modernism. This book argues that the English Literature of the period can be better understood when it is examined in the context of a more local social and literary history. Focusing principally on the novel, it sets modernist works alongside non-modernist and popular forms, looking at the engagement of these texts with social concerns, including sexuality, gender and class politics, Englishness, empire and the cultural pessimism which informed the formation of English as a modern University subject.The book includes studies of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster as well as Rebecca West, Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley and Sylvia Townsend Warner.Key Features: *The texts and authors covered in the book coincide with what is taught on popular option courses, e.g. Modernism; C20th Fiction; D H Lawrence; Virginia Woolf*Ranges across modernist, realist and popular forms of literature*New approaches to the classic works of the period*Covers current themes such as gender, politics, Englishness and empir |