02559nam 2200601 a 450 991078954040332120230828212227.01-283-12297-997866131229711-4411-7289-0(CKB)2670000000094583(EBL)711057(OCoLC)738476047(SSID)ssj0000522333(PQKBManifestationID)12165894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522333(PQKBWorkID)10545332(PQKB)10008221(MiAaPQ)EBC711057(Au-PeEL)EBL711057(CaPaEBR)ebr10472138(CaONFJC)MIL312297(OCoLC)893335325(EXLCZ)99267000000009458320070328d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish fiction in the 1930s[electronic resource] language, genre, history /Chris HopkinsLondon ;New York Continuumc20061 online resource (189 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-8938-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Modernism and modernity -- pt. 2. Documentary and proletarian pastoral -- pt. 3. History and the historical novel -- pt. 4. Thrillers and dystopias.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, Continuum literary studies.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismNineteen thirtiesEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Nineteen thirties.823.91209Hopkins Chris1960-1553560MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789540403321English fiction in the 1930s3814222UNINA