The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists

The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists
Author: Adrian Poole
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2009-12-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139828118

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In this Companion, leading scholars and critics address the work of the most celebrated and enduring novelists from the British Isles (excluding living writers): among them Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, the Brontës, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. The significance of each writer in their own time is explained, the relation of their work to that of predecessors and successors explored, and their most important novels analysed. These essays do not aim to create a canon in a prescriptive way, but taken together they describe a strong developing tradition of the writing of fictional prose over the past 300 years. This volume is a helpful guide for those studying and teaching the novel, and will allow readers to consider the significance of less familiar authors such as Henry Green and Elizabeth Bowen alongside those with a more established place in literary history.

The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists

The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists
Author: Timothy Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107013135

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This volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the novel in America. It explores the work of the most influential American novelists of the past 200 years, including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, and Morrison.

The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists

The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists
Author: Michael Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521515041

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A survey of 25 major European novelists from Cervantes to Kundera, highlighting their contributions to the genre.

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1740–1830

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1740–1830
Author: Thomas Keymer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2004-06-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139826719

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This 2004 volume offers an introduction to British literature that challenges the traditional divide between eighteenth-century and Romantic studies. Contributors explore the development of literary genres and modes through a period of rapid change. They show how literature was shaped by historical factors including the development of the book trade, the rise of literary criticism and the expansion of commercial society and empire. The first part of the volume focuses on broad themes including taste and aesthetics, national identity and empire, and key cultural trends such as sensibility and the gothic. The second part pays close attention to the work of individual writers including Sterne, Blake, Barbauld and Austen, and to the role of literary schools such as the Lake and Cockney schools. The wide scope of the collection, juxtaposing canonical authors with those now gaining new attention from scholars, makes it essential reading for students of eighteenth-century literature and Romanticism.

The Cambridge Companion to the Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the Novel
Author: Eric Bulson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2018-06-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107156211

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This Companion focuses on the novel as a global genre and examines its role, impact and development.

The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel
Author: Robert L. Caserio
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2009-04-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139828339

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The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing that bridge the century's pre- and post-War halves and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. The essays examine the endurance of modernist style throughout the century, the role of nationality and the contested role of the English language in all its forms, and the relationships between realism and other fictional modes: fantasy, romance, science fiction. Students, scholars and readers will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.

The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing
Author: David Morley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107494370

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Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner, addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative writing, while maintaining a strong craft emphasis, analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises. Written by professional writers and teachers of writing, the chapters deal with specific genres or forms - ranging from the novel to new media - or with significant topics that explore the cutting edge state of creative writing internationally (including creative writing and science, contemporary publishing and new workshop approaches).

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York
Author: Cyrus R. K. Patell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2010-03-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139825410

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New York holds a special place in America's national mythology as both the gateway to the USA and as a diverse, vibrant cultural center distinct from the rest of the nation. From the international atmosphere of the Dutch colony New Amsterdam, through the expansion of the city in the nineteenth century, to its unique appeal to artists and writers in the twentieth, New York has given its writers a unique perspective on American culture. This Companion explores the range of writing and performance in the city, celebrating Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Eugene O'Neill, and Allen Ginsberg among a host of authors who have contributed to the city's rich literary and cultural history. Illustrated and featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is the ideal guide for students of American literature as well as for all who love New York and its writers.

The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction since 1945

The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction since 1945
Author: David James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316419037

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This Companion offers a compelling engagement with British fiction from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Since 1945, British literature has served to mirror profound social, geopolitical and environmental change. Written by a host of leading scholars, this volume explores the myriad cultural movements and literary genres that have affected the development of postwar British fiction, showing how writers have given voice to matters of racial, regional and sexual identity. Covering subjects from immigration and ecology to science and globalism, this Companion draws on the latest critical innovations to provide insights into the traditions shaping the literary landscape of modern Britain, thus making it an essential resource for students and specialists alike.

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1830-1914

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1830-1914
Author: Joanne Shattock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2010-01-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521882885

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A volume of essays on Victorian themes, genres and authors, aimed at students and lecturers.