| English Novel in History, 1895-1920 Contributor(s): Trotter, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415015022 ISBN-13: 9780415015028 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1993 Annotation: This effort provides the first detailed and fully comprehensive analysis of early twentieth-century English fiction. Trotter examines the whole spectrum of fiction, from the innovations of Joyce's 'Ulysses' through to mass-market genres such as detective stories and spy-thrillers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 93-3002 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Series: Novel in History |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.51" W x 8.47" (1.02 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |