The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-century Literatures in English

The moment for this book is absolutely perfect... It instructs both by its programmatic statements and by the success of its examples. The book stands to make a genuinely outstanding contribution. -- Bruce Robbins, Department of English, Columbia University This intriguing and informative book rides the updraught provided by the continuing popularity of guides and companions, but also performs some surprising and fascinating new mid-air manoeuvres with the form. The ... reshuffling of the literary-historical deck in this volume is refreshing and illuminating for student readers too. -- Steven Connor, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London Contentious and bold ... the volume articulates a new framework for thinking about literary history and the subject of English, befitting the radicalist and reformist purport of the literary project in the innovation-driven, criss-crossing of the 'street of the twentieth century'. English McHale and Randall Stevenson have assembled fascinating essays focusing on the intersections between dates, places, events, and literature ... They succeed in providing a fresh view not often found in companions ... This collection of thought-provoking essays will be indispensable to students of literature. -- M.L.Jackson, University of Alabama Choice Readers wishing to explore the literature, cultural movements and history of the period will find much to stimulate and even surprise them in this book... -- Reference Reviews The moment for this book is absolutely perfect... It instructs both by its programmatic statements and by the success of its examples. The book stands to make a genuinely outstanding contribution. This intriguing and informative book rides the updraught provided by the continuing popularity of guides and companions, but also performs some surprising and fascinating new mid-air manoeuvres with the form. The ... reshuffling of the literary-historical deck in this volume is refreshing and illuminating for student readers too. Contentious and bold ... the volume articulates a new framework for thinking about literary history and the subject of English, befitting the radicalist and reformist purport of the literary project in the innovation-driven, criss-crossing of the 'street of the twentieth century'. McHale and Randall Stevenson have assembled fascinating essays focusing on the intersections between dates, places, events, and literature ... They succeed in providing a fresh view not often found in companions ... This collection of thought-provoking essays will be indispensable to students of literature. Readers wishing to explore the literature, cultural movements and history of the period will find much to stimulate and even surprise them in this book...