Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the 1930s

Informationen zum Autor James Smith is a Reader in English Studies at Durham University. His most recent book was British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930–1960 (Cambridge, 2013). He has published widely on other aspects of 1930s literature and culture, such as on the censorship of 1930s film societies, and on government surveillance of radical literary magazines during the decade. Klappentext This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors, contexts, themes, and literary debates. Informed by current scholarly approaches and analysing the state of the field, it will be an important resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century literature. Zusammenfassung This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors! contexts! themes! and literary debates. Informed by current scholarly approaches and analysing the state of the field! it will be an important resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction James Smith; 1. Poetry Janet Montefiore; 2. The literary novel Marina MacKay; 3. Drama Claire Warden; 4. Publishing and periodicals Peter Marks; 5. The middlebrow and popular Isobel Maddison; 6. Modernism Tyrus Miller; 7. Communism and the working class John Connor; 8. Empire Judy Suh; 9. Travel Timothy Youngs; 10. The regional and the rural Kristin Bluemel; 11. The queer 1930s Glyn Salton-Cox; 12. Remembering and imagining war Phyllis Lassner; 13. Fascism and anti-fascism Mia Spiro; 14. Fashioning the 1930s Benjamin Kohlmann.

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• Authors: James (University of Durham) Smith
• Assisted by: James Smith (Editor), James (University of Durham) Smith (Editor), SMITH JAMES (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108703796
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70379-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form