The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists: Volume 0, Part 0 (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

In this Companion, leading scholars and critics address the work of the most celebrated and enduring novelists from the British Isles (excluding living writers): among them Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, the Bront?s, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. The significance of each writer in their own time is explained, the relation of their work to that of predecessors and successors explored, and their most important novels analysed. These essays do not aim to create a canon in a prescriptive way, but taken together they describe a strong developing tradition of the writing of fictional prose over the past 300 years. This volume is a helpful guide for those studying and teaching the novel, and will allow readers to consider the significance of less familiar authors such as Henry Green and Elizabeth Bowen alongside those with a more established place in literary history. In This Companion, Leading Scholars And Critics Address The Work Of The Most Celebrated And Enduring Novelists From The British Isles (excluding Living Writers), Among Them Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, The Brontes, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Lawrence, Joyce, And Woolf. The Significance Of Each Writer In Their Own Time Is Explained, The Relation Of Their Work To That Of Predecessors And Successors Explored, And Their Most Important Novels Analysed. These Essays Do Not Aim To Create A Canon In A Prescriptive Way, But Taken Together They Describe A Strong, Developing Tradition Of The Writing Of Fictional Prose Over The Past Three Hundred Years. This Volume Is A Helpful Guide For Those Studying And Teaching The Novel, And Will Allow Readers To Consider The Significance Of Less Familiar Authors Such As Henry Green And Elizabeth Bowen Alongside Those With A More Established Place In Literary History.--jacket. Daniel Defoe / Thomas Keymer -- Samuel Richardson / Peter Sabor -- Henry Fielding / Jane Spencer -- Laurence Sterne / Melvyn New -- Frances Burney / Vivien Jones -- Jane Austen / Jocelyn Harris -- Walter Scott / Alison Lumsden -- Charles Dickens / Robert Douglas-fairhurst -- William Makepeace Thackeray / Nicholas Dames -- Charlotte Brontë / Patsy Stoneman -- Emily Brontë / Heather Glen -- Elizabeth Gaskell / Brigid Lowe -- Anthony Trollope / David Skilton -- George Eliot / Jill L. Matus -- Thomas Hardy / Penny Boumelha -- Robert Louis Stevenson / Adrian Poole -- Henry James / Michiel Heyns -- Joseph Conrad / Robert Hampson -- D.h. Lawrence / Michael Bell -- James Joyce / Maud Ellmann -- E.m. Forster / Santanu Das -- Virginia Woolf / Maria Dibattista -- Elizabeth Bowen / Victoria Coulson -- Henry Green / Bharat Tandon -- Evelyn Waugh / Anthony Lane -- Graham Greene / Dorothea Barrett -- William Golding / Robert Macfarlane. Edited By Adrian Poole. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Daniel Defoe / Thomas Keymer Samuel Richardson / Peter Sabor Henry Fielding / Jane Spencer Laurence Sterne / Melvyn New Frances Burney / Vivien Jones Jane Austen / Jocelyn Harris Walter Scott / Alison Lumsden Charles Dickens / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst William Makepeace Thackeray / Nicholas Dames Charlotte Brontë / Patsy Stoneman Emily Brontë / Heather Glen Elizabeth Gaskell / Brigid Lowe Anthony Trollope / David Skilton George Eliot / Jill L. Matus Thomas Hardy / Penny Boumelha Robert Louis Stevenson / Adrian Poole Henry James / Michiel Heyns Joseph Conrad / Robert Hampson D. H. Lawrence / Michael Bell James Joyce / Maud Ellmann E. M. Forster / Santanu Das Virginia Woolf / Maria Dibattista Elizabeth Bowen / Victoria Coulson Henry Green / Bharat Tandon Evelyn Waugh / Anthony Lane Graham Greene / Dorothea Barrett William Golding / Robert Macfarlane. Cover 1 The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists 2 Contents 6 Notes on contributors 8 Introduction 14 1 Daniel Defoe 27 2 Samuel Richardson 44 3 Henry Fielding 61 4 Laurence Sterne 76 5 Frances Burney 93 6 Jane Austen 111 7 Walter Scott 129 8 Charles Dickens 145 9 William Makepeace Thackeray 162 10 Charlotte Brontë 178 11 Emily Brontë 193 12 Elizabeth Gaskell 206 13 Anthony Trollope 223 14 George Eliot 238 15 Thomas Hardy 255 16 Robert Louis Stevenson 271 17 Henry James 285 18 Joseph Conrad 303 19 D. H. Lawrence 322 20 James Joyce 339 21 E. M. Forster 358 22 Virginia Woolf 374 23 Elizabeth Bowen 390 24 Henry Green 406 25 Evelyn Waugh 420 26 Graham Greene 436 27 William Golding 451 Guide to further reading 467 Index 470 The ideal introduction to the English novel for students and teachers, this book assesses the importance of the finest novelists in the English language (excluding living writers). Each writer is introduced in his or her literary context, and the major works are analysed A survey of the most important British novelists of the past 250 years, for students of British fiction.