Handbook of the English Novel of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries /

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The Handbook systematically charts the trajectory of the English novel from its emergence as the foremost literary genre in the early twentieth century to its early twenty-first century status of eccentric eminence in new media environments. Systematic chapters address ̒The English Novel as a Distin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reinfandt, Christoph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2017]
Colección:Handbooks of English and American studies ; 5.
Temas:
Andrae, A.
1900-2099
Geschichte 1899-2015.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
Englisch
(Produktform)Electronic book text
(Zielgruppe)Allgemein
(BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004120
(BISAC Subject Heading)LIT000000: LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Englische Gegenwartsliteratur
Englische Literatur/21. Jahrhundert
Englische Literatur/20. Jahrhundert
History of the English Novel (1900- ); Cultural History; Politics; Media; Contemporary Literature
Roman
(VLB-WN)9564
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editors' Preface
  • Contents
  • 0. Introduction
  • Part I. Systematic Questions
  • 1. The English Novel as a Distinctly Modern Genre
  • 2. The Novel in the Economy, 1900 to the Present
  • 3. Genres: The Novel between Artistic Ambition and Popularity
  • 4. Gender: Performing Politics in Prose? Performativity
  • Masculinity
  • Feminism
  • Queer
  • 5. The Burden of Representation: Reflections on Class, Ethnicity and the Twentieth-Century British Novel
  • Part II. Close Readings
  • 6. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899/1902)
  • 7. James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
  • 8. E.M. Forster, A Passage to India (1924)
  • 9. Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse (1927)
  • 10. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932)
  • 11. Henry Green, Party Going (1939)
  • 12. Samuel Beckett, Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable (1951-1958)
  • 13. Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (1956)
  • 14. Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook (1962)
  • 15. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969)
  • 16. B.S. Johnson, The Unfortunates (1969)
  • 17. J.G. Farrell, The Empire Trilogy (1970-1978)
  • 18. William Golding, Darkness Visible (1979)
  • 19. Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus (1984)
  • 20. Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses (1988)
  • 21. Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (1989)
  • 22. A.S. Byatt, Possession (1990)
  • 23. Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (1995-2000)
  • 24. Zadie Smith, White Teeth (2000)
  • 25. David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (2004)
  • 26. China Miéville, Embassytown (2011)
  • 27. Hilary Mantel, The Thomas Cromwell Trilogy (2009- )
  • 28. Tom McCarthy, Satin Island (2015)
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Names
  • List of Contributors.

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