George M.1961 Johnson
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
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Description
Essays on late-Victorian and Edwardian British novelists who are wrote in the Romantic tradition with special focus on writers considered neoromantic. Writers belonging under the heading of romance include those novelists fascinated by the psychic, the occult, and the supernatural.
Language
English
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Description
Essays on late-Victorian and Edwardian British novelists who are considered realists. Discusses why most of the types of realistic fiction came to be labeled as unpleasant, and the debates on its place in literature, including New Woman fiction. Includes information on the changes in production and distribution of novels, as well as the change from "triple-decker" novels to one-volume novels.
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
Essays on British novelists whose works challenged accepted views of literary history of the period. These novelists range from those who started to write as World War I ended in 1918 to those whose literary careers began just prior to World War II in 1939. Includes discussion of industrial and regional novels, rural novels, animal novels as well as documentary realistic writing.