Reading the modern British and Irish novel, 1890-1930
Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to bear in this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century. After a compelling introduction outlining his method and a substantial first chapter establishing the intellectual, cultural and literary contexts in which the modern British novel was produced, Schwarz turns to close reading of modernist masterworks. He shows how Hardy's Jude the Obscure, Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Lawrence's Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow, Joyce's Dubliners and Ulysses, Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse and Forster's A Passage to India form essential components in a modernist cultural tradition which includes the visual arts. Without lapsing into jargon, Schwarz's work takes account of recent developments in theory and cultural studies. His persuasive study will not only be invaluable to students and teachers, but will also be of interest to the general reader
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Introduction: Reading the Modern British and Irish Novel. 1 "I Was the World in Which I Walked": The Transformation of the British and Irish Novel, 1890-1930. 2 Hardy's Jude the Obscure: The Beginnings of the Modern Psychological Novel. 3 Conrad's Heart of Darkness: "We Live, as We Dream - Alone". 4 Conrad's Lord Jim: Reading Texts, Reading Lives. 5 Lawrence's Sons and Lovers: Speaking of Paul Morel: Voice, Unity, and Meaning. 6 Lawrence's The Rainbow: Family Chronicle, Sexual Fulfillment, and the Quest for Form and Values. 7 Joyce's Dubliners: Moral Paralysis in Dublin. 8 Joyce's Ulysses: The Odyssey of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus on June 16, 1904. 9 Woolf's Mrs Dalloway: Sexual Repression, Madness, and Social Form. 10 Woolf's To the Lighthouse: Choreographing Life and Creating Art as Time Passes. 11 Forster's Passage to India: The Novel of Manners as Political Novel. Notes. Select Bibliography.
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Includes index