Literature of Crisis, 1910–22 : Howards End, Heartbreak House, Women in Love and The Waste Land

Contents Acknowledgements VI Towards a Literature of Crisis 'while it hangs imminent and doesn't fall' 2 Howards End 'Life's going to be melted down, all over the world' 23 3 Heartbreak House 'The judgement has come' 4 Women in Love 'Or perhaps there was no end' I I 3 5 The Waste Land 'with the arid plain behind me' 6 Postscript 'among the ruins' 200 Notes 218 Index v 1 158 The approach to writing of the early twentieth century which this book proposes has been framed in the light of experience of designing and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in modem English literature. Accordingly, I register my appreciation to both students and colleagues for the critical dialoguestill continuing-which that process has involved. Much of the specific research for and some of the writing of the book took place during a year of sabbatical leave from the Hatfield Polytechnic, which I am glad to acknowledge here. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Towards a Literature of Crisis....Pages 1-22 Howards End....Pages 23-62 Heartbreak House....Pages 63-112 Women in Love....Pages 113-157 The Waste Land....Pages 158-199 Postscript....Pages 200-217 Back Matter....Pages 218-236