Writers of the old school : British novelists of the 1930s

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Writers of the old school : British novelists of the 1930s

edited by Rosemary M. Colt and Janice Rossen

Macmillan, 1992

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Description

This charts the emergence of British writers who assimilated the experimentation of the modernists in a realist tradition, also crafting their own distinctive literary voice. The essays in this volume cover a broad range of authors including George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh.

Table of Contents

  • Orwell's fictions of the thirties, Peter Firchow
  • an aesthete in the foundry - Henry Green's "Living", Mary R Davidson
  • Anthony Powell's archetypal characters, Rosemary M. Colt
  • Evelyn Waugh's modernity, Alain Blayac
  • modernist in search of an audience - Graham Greene in the thirties, Barry Menikoff
  • running away from home - perpetual transit in Elizabeth Bowen's novels, Janice Rossen
  • in another country - Sylvia Townsend Warner at large, J. Lawrence Michell
  • the torment of loving - inter-war novels of Rosamond Lehmann, Judy Simons
  • the politics of exile - Christopher Isherwood, Kay Ferres
  • Christopher Isherwood - autobiography as mask, Bernard Benstock
  • brief biographies of important 1930's novelists.

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  • NCID
    BA18721720
  • ISBN
    • 0333532678
    • 0333532678
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 209 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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