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Reading the Modern British and Irish Novel 1890-1930
Daniel R. Schwarz
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Paperback. Presents an insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. This book sets the modern British novel in its intellectual, cultural and literary contexts. It features close readings of Hardy's "Jude the Obscure", Conrad's "Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim", and Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers" and "The Rainbow". Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454. Series: Reading the Novel. 312 pages, 0. Presents an insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. This book sets the modern British novel in its intellectual, cultural and literary contexts. It features close readings of Hardy's "Jude the Obscure", Conrad's "Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim", and Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers" and "The Rainbow". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight: 454.
Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century.
Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century.
- An insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Draws on the author’s decades of experience researching and teaching the modern British novel.
- Sets the modern British novel in its intellectual, cultural and literary contexts.
- Features close readings of Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and ... Read more
- Shows how these novels are essential components in a modernist cultural tradition which includes the visual arts.
- Takes account of recent developments in theory and cultural studies.
- Written in an engaging style, avoiding jargon.
Product Details
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Reading the Novel
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631226222
SKU
V9780631226222
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About Daniel R. Schwarz
Daniel R. Schwarz is Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he has won major teaching prizes. He is the author of the recently published Broadway Boogie Woogie (2003) and the widely read Imagining the Holocaust (1999; rev. edn 2000). His many previous publications include Rereading Conrad (2001), Reconfiguring Modernism (1997), The Transformation of ... Read more
Reviews for Reading the Modern British and Irish Novel 1890-1930
"[Schwarz's introductions] humanize texts that might otherwise seem too foreboding ... The broadly diverse sense of human interest that results can only dispel any contrary sense of modernism's exclusivity, difficulty or autonomy." James Joyce Quarterly