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245 0 4 _aThe Cambridge companion to the twentieth-century English novel /
_cedited by Robert L. Caserio.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axvi, 280 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aAn overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature. This volume surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations, and explores common themes. It includes a chronology and guide to further reading.
650 0 _aEnglish fiction
_y20th century
_xHistory and criticism.
700 1 _aCaserio, Robert L.,
_d1944-
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