Catastrophe and imagination
an interpretation of the recent English and American novel
by McCormick, John
Catastrophe and Imagination explores fiction in America and England from 1870 to 1950, measuring the impact of the twentieth century's wars on the literary imagination. McCormick holds that the novel has a unique relationship to society, and defines this in relation to the many catastrophes of his era - wars, revolutions, and other outrages on the social order.
After an initial survey of society in the novels of Jane Austen, Dickens, and Thackeray, to name only a few, he analyzes what the novel is not, with reference to the work of Virginia Woolf, John Steinbeck, and D. H. Lawrence.
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American fiction, Disasters in literature, English fiction, History and criticism, Literature and society, War and literature, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, WelshPlaces
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Catastrophe & imagination: English & American writings from 1870 to 1950
1998, Transaction Publishers
in English
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Catastrophe and imagination: an interpretation of the recent English and American novel
1978, R. West
in English
0849266106 9780849266102
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Catastrophe and imagination: an interpretation of the recent English and American novel
1977, Norwood Editions
in English
0848216776 9780848216771
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Catastrophe and imagination: an interpretation of the recent English and American novel.
1974, Folcroft Library Editions
in English
0841459118 9780841459113
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Catastrophe and imagination: an interpretation of the recent Englishand American novel
1957, Longmans, Green
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Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint of the 1957 ed. published by Longmans, Green, London, New York.
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