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Book SynopsisDuring the first two decades of the twentieth century, Britain''s imperial power and influence was at its height. These were years of daring, when adventurers sounded the mysteries of the deep sea and the distant poles, aviators sped through the skies, and new media technologies transformed communication. They were years of social upheaval, during which long-suppressed voices particularly those of women, of the labouring classes, and of colonial subjects grew louder and demanded to be heard. They were years of violence, of insurrection and political agitation, and of imperial conflicts that would encompass continents. By subjecting specific developments in literature and related culture to a fine-grained and historically-informed analysis, British Literature in Transition, 19001920: A New Age? explores the writing of this extraordinary period in all its complexity and vibrancy.
Table of ContentsIntroduction James Purdon; Part I. Nation and Empire: 1. Aliens Robbie Moore; 2. Oceanic States: Modernism, Imperialism, and the Sea Matthew P. M. Kerr; 3. Passage Work: The Rise of 'English'? Helen Thaventhiran; 4. Anglo-Irish Transitions Andrew Murphy; 5. British War Writing: Empire, Mass Warfare, and Mass Culture Andrew Frayn; 6. Capturing Home: British First World War Poetry Guy Cuthbertson; Part II. Media: 7. Literature and Wartime Propaganda James Purdon; 8. Black, White, and Read All Over: Mines, Mountains, and the Paysage Moralisé of the British Press Abbie Garrington; 9. Notable Trials and Literary Realism Rex Ferguson; 10. Literature and Telecommunication Richard Menke; 11. Literature and Film Laura Marcus; Part III. Aesthetics: 12. Transitions, Turns: Centuries, Decadents, Modernists Vincent Sherry; 13. Poetry and Transition Sean Pryor; 14. Realism and Mass Politics Andrew Shail; 15. Short Fiction David Trotter; 16. Ideals of a Picture Gallery Claudia Tobin; Part IV. Society: 17. Pseudo-cities: Exhibitionary, Military, Cinematic George Potts; 18. Ecological Points of View Andrew Kalaidjian; 19. Gender, Biopolitics, Bildungsroman Charlotte Jones; 20. Freudian Fiction or Wild Psycho-analysis?: Modernism, Psychoanalysis, and Popular Fiction Helen Tyson; 21. The Economics of Generosity in Ford, Conrad, and Keynes Beci Carver.
