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The Cambridge Companion to the Modernist Novel

Morag Shiach editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Apr '07

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This 2007 Companion is an accessible and informative overview of the genre.

The novel is modernism's most vital and experimental genre. In this 2007 Companion leading critics explore the very significant pleasures of reading modernist novels, but also demonstrate how and why reading modernist fiction can be difficult. No one technique or style defines a novel as modernist. Instead, these essays explain the formal innovations, stylistic preferences and thematic concerns which unite modernist fiction. They also show how modernist novels relate to other forms of art, and to the social and cultural context from which they emerged. Alongside chapters on prominent novelists such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, as well as lesser-known authors such as Dorothy Richardson and Djuna Barnes, themes such as genre and geography, time and consciousness are discussed in detail. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this is the most accessible and informative overview of the genre available.

ISBN: 9780521670746

Dimensions: 224mm x 157mm x 17mm

Weight: 440g

274 pages