02317cam a2200277 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000250008202000250010702000220013202000220015403500240017604000680020004300120026805000220028008200080030224500990031026000680040930000260047750400640050350511190056752002640168665000580195070000310200812393920230410132620.0081215s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2008053635  a9780521884167 (hbk.)  a9780521711159 (pbk.)  a0521884160 (hbk.)  a0521711150 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn291453911  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdYDXCPdBWKUKdBWKdOCLCQdCDXdSINIEdCUTdDLC  ae-uk---14aPR 883bC178 200900a82304aThe Cambridge companion to the twentieth-century English novel /cedited by Robert L. Caserio.  aCambridge, UK ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2009.  axvi, 280 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index.0 aThe art of English fiction in the twentieth century / Dorothy J. Hale -- The British Empire and the English modernist novel / Jed Esty -- Realism and rebellion in Edwardian and Georgian fiction / Maria Di Battista -- The Great War in English fiction / Paul Edwards -- Postwar modernism in the 1920s and 1930s : the mammoth in the basement / Rod Mengham -- Regionalism in English fiction between the wars / Matthew Hart -- Ireland and English fiction / Anne Fogarty -- Feminist fiction / Kristin Bluemel -- Working-class fiction across the century / John Fordham -- World War II, the welfare state, and postwar "humanism" / Marina Mackay -- The Windrush generation / Timothy Weiss -- History in fiction / James Acheson and Robert L. Caserio -- Postmodernisms of English fiction / Andrzej Gasiorek -- Detectives and spies / Allan Hepburn -- The post-consensus novel : minority culture, multiculturalism, and transnational comparison / Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- An absurd century : varieties of satire / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- The other side of history : fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction / M. Keith Booker.  aAn overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature. This volume surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations, and explores common themes. It includes a chronology and guide to further reading. 0aEnglish fictiony20th centuryxHistory and criticism.1 aCaserio, Robert L.,d1944-