Catastrophe and Imagination - English and American Writings From 1870 to 1950

This book is a direct product of World War II, of the long years at sea that gave the author the feeling that the past was no more than an illusion. He compares past with present, one nation with another, to clarify the conviction that the nature of imaginative fiction had been altered by our wars.

List of contents

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

About the author

John McCormick

Summary

This book is a direct product of World War II, of the long years at sea that gave the author the feeling that the past was no more than an illusion. He compares past with present, one nation with another, to clarify the conviction that the nature of imaginative fiction had been altered by our wars.

Product details

• Authors: John Mccormick, McCormick John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138520073
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52007-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy