Modernist Fiction: An Introduction

Book Details
• Author: R.W. Stevenson
• Edition: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• Number Of Pages: 264
• Release Date: 08-10-1997
• EAN: 9780138376598
• Languages: English

Details:
In the revised edition of this popular text, Randall Stevenson has expanded, re-emphasised, and amended his work to make it even more relevant to today's students studying the Modernist period in literature. The book covers a wide range of modernist novelists and novels and also provides an invaluable guide to key developments in the genre. Stevenson has developed his text by adding a discussion of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, which is now taught more regularly than Lord Jim. In addition, he takes a fresh look at the politics of the Modernists, in conjunction with the politics of their texts, pointing out the drawbacks of politically-progressive readings of many modernist novels. Finally, in the section on gender, Stevenson includes discussions of such significant figures as Djuna Barnes, HD, Katherine Mansfield, and Rebecca West, as well as expanding the reference to Gertrude Stein throughout. The revisions in this updated text serve to make the authors' arguments sharper and allow the text to remain central to the discussion of modernism, modernity, and the novel.

Review:
'An excellent guide...' — The Yearbook of English Studies
'...a clear and illuminating discussion of (the) issues, refreshingly jargon-free, but sacrificing neither depth nor scope in lucidity' — Critical Survey

About the Author:
Randall Stevenson is Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Edinburgh.