1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461403303321

Autore

Hopkins Chris <1960->

Titolo

English fiction in the 1930s [[electronic resource] ] : language, genre, history / / Chris Hopkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2006

ISBN

1-283-12297-9

9786613122971

1-4411-7289-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Continuum literary studies series

Disciplina

823.91209

Soggetti

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Nineteen thirties

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Modernism and modernity -- pt. 2. Documentary and proletarian pastoral -- pt. 3. History and the historical novel -- pt. 4. Thrillers and dystopias.

Sommario/riassunto

This study approaches the fiction of the 1930s through critical debates about genre, language and history, setting these in their original context, and discussing the generic forms most favoured by novelists at the time.  Chris Hopkins uses a series of case studies of texts to draw on, develop or explore the boundaries, contemporary usefulness and complexities of particular prose genres. Generic debates and the political-aesthetic effects of different kinds of representation were live issues as discursive struggles and negotiations took place between modernist and realist modes, between high,



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000304529707536

Autore

Jones, Robert M. (Robert Millard)

Titolo

Mechanics of composite materials / Robert M. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Taylor & Francis, c1999

ISBN

156032712X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 519 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

620.11892

Soggetti

Composite materials - Mechanical properties

Laminated materials - Mechanical properties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index