Mid-Century Romance - Modernism, Socialist Culture, and the Historical Novel

This study provides an account of the historical novel during the middle of the twentieth century, which has gone largely unremarked in accounts of the period and of the genre, and which connects it to the concerns of late modernism and socialist culture.

Table des matières

• Introduction: Modernism, Socialist Culture, and the Mid-Century National Turn


• 1: Hope Mirrlees and Virginia Woolf in the 'footprints of Sir Walter Scott'


• 2: Migrations of the Communist Historical Novel


• 3: Memories of Spain in Sylvia Townsend Warner and John Cowper Powys


• 4: Jack Lindsay, Socialist Humanism and the Communist Historical Novel


• Epilogue: Parables of Survival


• Acknowledgments


• Works Cited

A propos de l'auteur

John T. Connor is Lecturer in Literature and Politics at King's College, London.

Résumé

This study provides an account of the historical novel during the middle of the twentieth century, which has gone largely unremarked in accounts of the period and of the genre, and which connects it to the concerns of late modernism and socialist culture.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John T. Connor, John T. (Lecturer in Literature and Politi Connor, Connor John T.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9780192859754
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285975-4
• Pages: 256
• Thème: Oxford Mid-Century Studies Series
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Essais, chroniques, critiques littéraires, entretiens; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000