The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel
作者： Robert
出版社：Cambridge University Press 2009年04月
简介：
The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body ofwork, and one of the most important and most widely read genres ofliterature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with acomprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, thisCompanion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minornovelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing thatbridge the century's pre- and post-War halves and presents leadingcritical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. The essaysexamine the endurance of modernist style throughout the century,the role of nationality and the contested role of the Englishlanguage in all its forms, and the relationships between realismand other fictional modes: fantasy, romance, science fiction.Students, scholars and readers will find this Companion anindispensable guide to the history of the English novel.
· Reveals continuities in the novel genre by providing anoverview of the whole century · Covers many individual novels andnovelists · Features a chronology and guide to further reading
