Twentieth-Century English Literature

856 Pages·2012·14.602 MB·English

by  Laura Marcus, Peter Nicholls (eds.)

the cambridge history of
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
ENGLISH LITERATURE
ThisnewCambridgeHistoryisthefirstmajorhistoryoftwentieth-
century English literature to cover the full range of writing in
England,Scotland,WalesandIreland.Thevolumealsoexplores
theimpactofwritingfromtheformercoloniesonEnglishliterature
oftheperiodandanalysesthewaysinwhichconventionalliterary
genreswereshapedandinflectedbythenewculturaltechnolo-
giesofradio,cinemaandtelevision.Inprovidinganauthoritative
narrative of literary and cultural production across the century,
this History acknowledges the claims for innovation and mod-
ernisation that characterise the beginning of the period. At the
sametime,itattendsanalyticallytothemoreprofoundpatternsof
continuityanddevelopmentwhichavant-gardetendencieschar-
acteristicallyunderplay.ContainingallthevirtuesofaCambridge
History,thisnewvolumeisamajoreventforanyoneconcerned
withtwentieth-centuryliterature,itsculturalcontextanditsrela-
tiontothecontemporary.
Laura Marcus is Professor of English at the University of
Sussex,andco-directorofitsCentreforModernistStudies.Shehas
publishedwidelyonnineteenth-andtwentieth-centuryliterature
andculture.HerpublicationsincludeAuto/biographicalDiscourses:
Criticism,Theory,Practice(1994/8)andVirginiaWoolf(1997/2004),
and,aseditor,SigmundFreud’s‘TheInterpretationofDreams’:New
Interdisciplinary Essays (1999) and Close Up –: Cinema and
Modernism(1998).
PeterNichollsisProfessorofEnglishandAmericanLiterature
attheUniversityofSussex,andco-directorofitsCentreforMod-
ernistStudies.HeistheeditorofTextualPractice.Heistheauthor
ofPolitics,EconomicsandWriting:AStudyofEzraPound’s‘Cantos’
(1984),Modernisms:ALiteraryGuide(1995)andofmanyarticlesand
essaysontwentieth-centuryliteratureandtheory.Hehasrecently
co-editedRuskinandModernism(2001).

the new cambridge history of
ENGLISH LITERATURE
TheNewCambridgeHistoryofEnglishLiteratureisaprogrammeof
referenceworksdesignedtoofferabroadsynthesisandcontex-
tualsurveyofthehistoryofEnglishliteraturethroughthemajor
periodsofitsdevelopment.Theorganisationofeachvolumere-
flectstheparticularcharacteristicsoftheperiodcovered,withina
generalcommitmenttoprovidinganaccessiblenarrativehistory
throughalinkedsequenceofessaysbyinternationallyrenowned
scholars.TheHistoryisdesignedtoaccommodatetherangeof
insightsandfreshperspectivesbroughtbynewapproachestothe
subject,withoutlosingsightoftheneedforessentialexposition
andinformation.Thevolumesincludevaluablereferencefeatures,
includingextensivebibliographiesandafullindex.
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edited by david loewenstein and janel mueller
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edited by john richetti
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edited by laura marcus and peter nicholls
Inpreparation
TheCambridgeHistoryofEnglishRomanticLiterature
edited by james chandler

THE CAMBRIDGE
HISTORY OF
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Editedby
LAURA MARCUS
and
PETER NICHOLLS
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Contents
Listofcontributors xii
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction 
laura marcus peter nicholls
and
part one
WRITING MODERNITY
1 (cid:1)Scienceandknowledgeatthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury:
versionsofthemodernEnlightenment 
patrick parrinder
2 (cid:1)TheVictorianfindesie`cleandDecadence 
regenia gagnier
3 (cid:1)Empireandmodernwriting 
elleke boehmer
4 (cid:1)Thegenderofmodernity 
ann l. ardis
part two
THE EMERGING AVANT-GARDE
5 (cid:1)EdwardianstoGeorgians 
robert l. caserio
vii
Contents
6 (cid:1)Theavant-garde,bohemiaandmainstreamculture 
tyrus miller
7 (cid:1)‘OurLondon,myLondon,yourLondon’:theModernistmomentin
themetropolis 
peter brooker
8 (cid:1)Futurism,literatureandthemarket 
paul edwards
9 (cid:1)LiteratureandWorldWarI 
vincent sherry
part three
MODERNISM AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1918–1945
10 (cid:1)Traumaandwarmemory 
deborah parsons
11 (cid:1)Thetime–mindofthetwenties 
michael levenson
12 (cid:1)Modernlife:fictionandsatire 
david bradshaw
13 (cid:1)Modernistpoetryandpoetics 
ronald bush
14 (cid:1)Modernityandmyth 
steven connor
15 (cid:1)Psychoanalysisandliterature 
lyndsey stonebridge
16 (cid:1)Biographyandautobiography 
max saunders
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Contents
17 (cid:1)‘Speed,violence,women,America’:popularfictions 
david glover
18 (cid:1)Theatreanddramabetweenthewars 
maggie b. gale
19 (cid:1)Literatureandcinema 
laura marcus
20 (cid:1)Thethirties:politics,authority,perspective 
rod mengham
21 (cid:1)Literarycriticismandculturalpolitics 
david ayers
22 (cid:1)SurrealisminEngland 
peter nicholls
23 (cid:1)WorldWarII:contestedEurope 
adam piette
24 (cid:1)WorldWarII:thecityinruins 
michael north
part four
POST-WAR CULTURES, 1945–1970
25 (cid:1)Culture,classandeducation 
ken hirschkop
26 (cid:1)Post-warbroadcastdrama 
keith williams
27 (cid:1)Dramaandthenewtheatrecompanies 
trevor r. griffiths
28 (cid:1)Modernismandanti-ModernisminBritishpoetry 
keith tuma and nate dorward
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