The modern novel : a short introduction /
By: Matz, Jesse.
Series: Blackwell introductions to literature: Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004Description: vi, 194 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1405100486 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781405100489 :; 9781405100489 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1405100494 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781405100496 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Modernism (Literature)![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189) and index.
When and Why: The Rise of the Modern Novel -- The "New Novel," circa 1914 -- Seven Modern Novelists -- "What is Reality?": The New Questions -- New Forms: Reshaping the Novel -- New Difficulties -- Regarding the Real World: Politics -- Questioning the Modern: Mid-Century Revisions -- Postmodern Replenishments -- Postcolonial Modernity -- Conclusions: Four Contemporary Modern Novelists -- The Future of the Modern Novel.
In 1914 Henry James wrote an essay about the future of the novel, in which he expressed his concern that contemporary fiction had lost its sense of purpose forever. This book tests the truth of James's prediction, looking at how the novel evolved during the remainder of the 20th century.