The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

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. the cambridge companion to the twentieth-century english novel......Page 2 Contents......Page 5 Notes on contributors......Page 7 Chronology......Page 10 17 The other side of history: Fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction......Page 0 Robert L. Caserio......Page 17 Dorothy J. Hale......Page 26 Jed Esty......Page 39 Worlds apart: Kipling and Tagore......Page 40 Modernist worlds: Conrad, Wells, and Woolf......Page 43 Afterworlds: Cary, Durrell, and Scott......Page 49 Maria Di Battista......Page 56 Paul Edwards......Page 72 Rod Mengham......Page 87 Matthew Hart......Page 105 Anne Fogarty......Page 118 James Joyce and Irish modernist fiction......Page 119 “Exquisite sadness”: rewriting domesticity in the “Big House” novel......Page 123 Embattled realisms: identity and critique in Southern Irish fiction (1941–1999)......Page 125 From Troubles to post-Troubles Fiction: Representing conflict in the Northern Irish novel (1983–2008)......Page 126 Kristin Bluemel......Page 130 Building feminist foundations for the twentieth century......Page 132 Beginnings......Page 134 Middles......Page 139 Ends......Page 142 Toward a theory of working-class fiction......Page 147 Early twentieth-century political awakenings: MacGill and Tressell......Page 148 Aesthetics and politics in the interwar years: Harold Heslop, Ellen Wilkinson, Ethel Mannin, Lewis Grassic Gibbon......Page 151 Post-war prosperity? Jack Common, Alan Sillitoe, Jessie Kesson, Raymond Williams......Page 155 Post-industrial: Pat Barker, James Kelman......Page 158 Allies and enemies......Page 162 Redeeming violence......Page 167 The irredeemable......Page 172 Timothy Weiss......Page 179 James AchesonRobert L. Caserio......Page 192 Attitudes towards history in the “series novel”......Page 193 The art of fiction in historical series novels......Page 202 Andrzej Gasiorek......Page 208 Allan Hepburn......Page 226 Rebecca L. Walkowitz......Page 239 The novel of minority culture......Page 240 Devolution and globalization......Page 243 Difficult arrivals......Page 244 Sexual minorities......Page 246 The novel of multiculturalism......Page 247 The novel of transnational comparison......Page 250 Reed Way Dasenbrock......Page 254 M. Keith Booker......Page 267 Further reading......Page 283 Index......Page 288 The Art Of English Fiction In The Twentieth Century / Dorothy J. Hale -- The British Empire And The English Modernist Novel / Jed Esty -- Realism And Rebellion In Edwardian And Georgian Fiction / Maria Di Battista -- The Great War In English Fiction / Paul Edwards -- Postwar Modernism In The 1920s And 1930s : The Mammoth In The Basement / Rod Mengham -- Regionalism In English Fiction Between The Wars / Matthew Hart -- Ireland And English Fiction / Anne Fogarty -- Feminist Fiction / Kristin Bluemel -- Working-class Fiction Across The Century / John Fordham -- World War Ii, The Welfare State, And Postwar Humanism / Marina Mackay -- The Windrush Generation / Timothy Weiss -- History In Fiction / James Acheson And Robert L. Caserio -- Postmodernisms Of English Fiction / Andrzej Gasiorek -- Detectives And Spies / Allan Hepburn -- The Post-consensus Novel : Minority Culture, Multiculturalism, And Transnational Comparison / Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- An Absurd Century : Varieties Of Satire / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- The Other Side Of History : Fantasy, Romance, Horror, And Science Fiction / M. Keith Booker. Edited By Robert L. Caserio. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-272) And Index. The art of English fiction in the twentieth century / Dorothy M. Hale The British Empire and the English modernist novel / Jed Esty Realism and rebellion in Edwardian and Georgian fiction / Maria Di Battista The Great War in English fiction / Paul Edwards Postwar modernism in the 1920s and 1930s : the mammoth in the basement / Rod Mengham Regionalism in English fiction between the wars / Matthew Hart Ireland and English fiction / Anne Fogarty Feminist fiction / Kristin Bluemel Working class fiction across the century / John Fordham World War II, the welfare state, and postwar "humanism" / Marina Mackay The windrush generation / Timothy Weiss History in fiction / James Acheson and Robert L. Caserio Postmodernisms of English fiction / Andrzej Gasiorek Detectives and spies / Allan Hepburn The post-consensus novel : minority culture, multiculturalism, and transnational comparison / Rebecca Walkowitz An absurd century : varieties of satire / Reed Way Dasenbrock The other side of history : fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction / M. Keith Booker. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this book introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists