Literature of the 1900s: The Great Edwardian Emporium

ISBN-13: 9781474437707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Jonathan Wild

Opis

In this ground-breaking study, Jonathan Wild investigates the literary history of the Edwardian decade. This period, long overlooked by critics, is revealed as a vibrant cultural era whose writers were determined to break away from the stifling influence of preceding Victorianism.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Department of War and External Affairs: The Anglo-Boer War and Imperialism; 2. Department of Administration: Office Clerks and Shop Assistants; 3. Children’s Department: Edwardian Children’s Literature; 4. Department of Decadence: Sex, Cars, and Money; 5. Department of Internal Affairs: England and the Countryside; Afterword; Works Cited.