Catastrophe and Imagination: English and American Writings from 1870 to 1950 / Edition 1

by John McCormick

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560009757
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	03/31/1998
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John McCormick (1918-2010) taught American Studies at the Free University, Berlin, and later went on to become distinguished professor of comparative literature at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous works, including Bullfighting, American and European Literary Imagination, Catastrophe and Imagination, and Fiction as Knowledge.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Reprint, 1957, with a new introduction (two pages) by the author. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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