Fiction of the New Statesman, 1913-1939
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:10th Oct '11
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Fiction of the New Statesman is the first study of the short stories published in the renowned British journal theNew Statesman. This book argues that New Statesman fiction advances a strong realist preoccupation with ordinary, everyday life, and shows how British domestic concerns have a strong hold on the working-class and lower-middle-class imaginative output of this period.
The reinstatement of realism at the heart of inter-war fiction is long overdue but is now taking place, partly because literary scholars have been reading some history, partly because historians have been thinking about culture. This readable and argumentative book makes a significant contribution to the process, showing us how important realism was to the literary left, linking as it did the political and literary halves of the New Statesman. That it also introduces us to some worthwhile and neglected writing is a welcome bonus. * The Review of English Studies *
ISBN: 9781611493528
Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 25mm
Weight: 599g
292 pages