The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel [Hardcover]

A survey of the development of the novel since 1900, with detailed information about individual novels, themes and subgenres.This Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing throughout the century and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. Students of modern literature will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.This Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing throughout the century and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. Students of modern literature will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing that bridge the century's pre- and post-War halves and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. The essays examine the endurance of modernist style throughout the century, the role of nationality and the contested role of the English language in all its forms, and the relationships between realism and other fictional modes: fantasy, romance, science fiction. Students, scholars and readers will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.Chronology; Introduction Robert L. Caserio; 1. The art of English fiction in the twentieth century Dorothy M. Hale; 2. The British Empire and the English modernist novel Jed Esty; 3. Realism and rebellion in Edwardian and Georgian fiction Maria Di Battista; 4. The Great War in English flƒ.