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- catalog abstract ""In the first half of the twentieth century, English fiction played a crucial role in the artistic and intellectual movement called modernism. In recent decades, however, modernism and its proponents have come under attack. Today's critics claim that modernist fiction has been socially and politically harmful, and that literary modernism has fortunately been superseded by "post-modernism."" "Robert L. Caserio argues that such a critical assessment does not justly comprehend the English novel's history or significance between 1900 and 1950. It's significance, Caserio hypothesizes, is the novel's picture of the impact of chance on human endeavor. The rule of chance frees fictions from the need to "mirror" reality, but this independence does not make the novel unresponsive to the worldly claims of history and politics. On the basis of new readings of dozens of novels and novelists, Caserio contends that modernist fiction contributed to the liberation of women, the creation of the British welfare state, and the demise of the British Empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11080825.
- catalog coverage "England In literature.".
- catalog coverage "England Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""In the first half of the twentieth century, English fiction played a crucial role in the artistic and intellectual movement called modernism. In recent decades, however, modernism and its proponents have come under attack. Today's critics claim that modernist fiction has been socially and politically harmful, and that literary modernism has fortunately been superseded by "post-modernism."" "Robert L. Caserio argues that such a critical assessment does not justly comprehend the English novel's history or significance between 1900 and 1950. It's significance, Caserio hypothesizes, is the novel's picture of the impact of chance on human endeavor. The rule of chance frees fictions from the need to "mirror" reality, but this independence does not make the novel unresponsive to the worldly claims of history and politics. On the basis of new readings of dozens of novels and novelists, Caserio contends that modernist fiction contributed to the liberation of women, the creation of the British welfare state, and the demise of the British Empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-429) and index.".
- catalog description "World of Chance. Ch. 1. Tychisms and Totality (I). Ch. 2. Tychisms and Totality (II): Joseph Conrad, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf. Ch. 3. Various Modernisms -- Modernism and Its Second Editions. Ch. 4. Gender-Coded Fiction (I). Ch. 5. Gender-Coded Fiction (II): Dorothy M. Richardson, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Bowen. Ch. 6. Forward and Back. Coda. Art's Work.".
- catalog extent "xii, 441 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Novel in England, 1900-1950.".
- catalog identifier "0805716629 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Novel in England, 1900-1950.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's critical history of the novel".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International,".
- catalog relation "Novel in England, 1900-1950.".
- catalog spatial "England In literature.".
- catalog spatial "England Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog subject "823/.91209 21".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR881 .C37 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "World of Chance. Ch. 1. Tychisms and Totality (I). Ch. 2. Tychisms and Totality (II): Joseph Conrad, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf. Ch. 3. Various Modernisms -- Modernism and Its Second Editions. Ch. 4. Gender-Coded Fiction (I). Ch. 5. Gender-Coded Fiction (II): Dorothy M. Richardson, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Bowen. Ch. 6. Forward and Back. Coda. Art's Work.".
- catalog title "The novel in England, 1900-1950 : history and theory / Robert L. Caserio.".
- catalog type "text".