1st Edition

Catastrophe and Imagination English and American Writings from 1870 to 1950

By John McCormick Copyright 1998
    342 Pages
    by Routledge

    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    John McCormick