Coleridge To 'catch-22' : Images Of Society

Front Matter....Pages i-vii The Writer as Critic of Society....Pages 1-17 The Idealist Vision....Pages 18-29 The Utilitarian Approach....Pages 30-43 The Comic Spirit....Pages 44-56 The ‘Condition of England’ Question....Pages 57-68 The Victorian ‘Condition of England’ Novel....Pages 69-90 Political Action and the Crisis of Conscience....Pages 91-104 Sex, the Family and the New Woman....Pages 105-121 Continuity and Change....Pages 122-138 The Modern Condition of England Novel....Pages 139-161 Utopian Fantasy....Pages 162-176 The Cult of Power and the Power of Culture....Pages 177-196 Science Fiction....Pages 197-209 Protest and Anti-War Literature....Pages 210-221 Conclusion....Pages 222-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-240