Catastrophe and Imagination: English and American Writings from 1870 to 1950

ISBN-13: 9781560009757 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 342 str.

John McCormick; John Jevons; John Deleon

Opis

Since World War II critics have been predicting the decline of the novel. This book argues that the novel is not dead. Looking at American and English fiction it claims that the novel can not only change the possibilities of art, but also contribute to awareness of life's possibilities.

Spis treści

1. Background to Catastrophe 2. An Experiment in Definition 3. Death, Manners, and Ideas 4. The two Naturalisms 5. Tradition and the Novel: England 6. Tradition and the Novel: America 7. War and Politics 8. The Novel As Obsession 9. Allegory and Satire 10. The Unwithered Branch

O autorze

John McCormick