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The English novel in history, 1895-1920

Name: The English novel in history, 1895-1920
Author: David Trotter

David Trotter

06 October 1993

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Book Synopsis

First Published in 1993. Written specifically for students and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, David Trotter's The English Novel in History 1895-1920 provides the first detailed and fully comprehensive analysis of early twentieth-century English fiction. Whereas all previous studies have been rigorously selective, Trotter looks at over 140 novelists across the whole spectrum of fiction: from the innovations of Joyce's Ulysses through to popular mass-market genres such as detective stories and spy-thrillers. By examining the novels in both stylistic and historical terms, David Trotter looks at the ways in which writers responded to contemporary preoccupations such as the spectacle of consumption and the growth of suburbia, or to anxieties about the decline of Empire, racial 'degeneration' and 'sexual anarchy'. He also challenges the view that literature of the period can be interpreted as a neat procession from realism to Modernism.

About The Author

David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780415015011
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Routledge, (06 October 1993)
Number of Pages: 337
Weight: 453 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm
Categories:: Social and cultural Fiction novelists and prose writers