Catastrophe and Imagination: English and American Writings from 1870 to 1950

by John McCormick

Overview

Since World War II critics have been predicting the decline of the novel. This book argues that the novel is not dead. Looking at American and English fiction it claims that the novel can not only change the possibilities of art, but also contribute to awareness of life's possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351313421
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	327
File size:	993 KB

About the Author

John McCormick

Table of Contents

1. Background to Catastrophe 2. An Experiment in Definition 3. Death, Manners, and Ideas 4. The two Naturalisms 5. Tradition and the Novel: England 6. Tradition and the Novel: America 7. War and Politics 8. The Novel As Obsession 9. Allegory and Satire 10. The Unwithered Branch

Editorial Reviews

Reprint, 1957, with a new introduction (two pages) by the author. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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