Henry Green at the Limits of Modernism

ISBN-13: 9781845195755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 167 str.

Marius Hentea

Opis

Providing a theoretically sophisticated and historically nuanced reading of Henry Green s novels, this work makes the case for his importance in reconsiderations of modernism, late modernism, and postwar realism. An ambitious reassessment of Green s oeuvre to date, this book argues against the predominant view of Green s fiction as an autonomous literary construction and connects Green to a number of social and literary contexts, resulting in fresh readings of his novels and also a greater accessibility to an author long considered elusive. With significant investigations of Green s connection to his literary generation, his multifaceted and formally innovative handling of social class, his negotiations of narrative authority and authorship, and the importance of disability studies to understanding Green s fiction, this study charts the complex trajectories of Green s fiction against both social and literary contexts. The work also moves beyond the confines of British literature to explore Green s connections to broader trends in European literature."