Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
Extrait
The main concern of this study is the artist’s vision of society; its major theme is the relation between the individual and society resulting from the impact of social and political upheavals on individual life. By criticism of society I mean the novelist’s awareness of the social reality and of the individual’s response to it; the writers I deal with all proved alive to the changes that were taking place in English society between the two World Wars.
Though the social attitudes...
Lire la suite
- Éditeur : Presses universitaires de Liège, Les Belles Lettres
- Collection : Bibliothèque de la faculté de philosophie et lettres de l’université de Liège
- Lieu d’édition : Liège
- Année d’édition : 1970
- Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 22 mai 2013
- EAN (Édition imprimée) : 978-2-251-66190-2
- EAN électronique : 978-2-8218-2875-9
- DOI : 10.4000/books.pulg.864
- Nombre de pages : III-551 p.
- Sommaire
- Présentation
- Auteur(s)
Extrait
The main concern of this study is the artist’s vision of society; its major theme is the relation between the individual and society resulting from the impact of social and political upheavals on individual life. By criticism of society I mean the novelist’s awareness of the social reality and of the individual’s response to it; the writers I deal with all proved alive to the changes that were taking place in English society between the two World Wars.
Though the social attitudes of the inter-war years as well as the writers’ response to them were shaped by lasting and complex influences, such as trends in philosophy and science, the two Wars stand out as determining factors in the development of the novel: the consequences of the First were explored by most writers in the Twenties, whereas in the following decade the novelists felt compelled to voice the anxiety aroused by the threat of another conflict and to warn against its possible effects.
After the First World War many writers felt keenly the social disruption: the old standards, which were thought to have made this suicidal War possible, were distrusted; the code of behaviour and the moral values of the older generation were openly criticized for having led to bankruptcy. Disparagement of authority increased the individual’s sense of isolation, his insecurity, his disgust or fear. Even the search for pleasure so widely satirized in the Twenties was the expression of a cynicism born of despair.
The ensuing disengagement of the individual from his environment became a major theme in the novel: his isolation was at once a cause for resentment and the source of his fierce individualism.
Le texte et les autres éléments (illustrations, fichiers annexes importés) sont sous Licence OpenEdition Books, sauf mention contraire.
- Collection
- Sur le même thème
- Du même auteur
-
Félix RousseauPresses universitaires de Liège, 1921…
-
Paul HarsinPresses universitaires de Liège, 1927…
-
Étude critique d’après les sources
Robert DemoulinPresses universitaires de Liège, 1934… -
Jacques Duchesne-GuilleminPresses universitaires de Liège, 1937…
-
Réforme protestante et Réforme catholique, au diocèse de Liège
Léon-Ernest HalkinPresses universitaires de Liège, 1936… -
La statuaire archaïque et classique
Léon LacroixPresses universitaires de Liège, 1949…
-
Étude sur la théorie de la poésie chez Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats et Shelley
Albert GérardPresses universitaires de Liège, 1955…
-
Adaptation alsacienne du Roman de Renart
Heinrich dit le SournoisPatrick del Duca (éd.)2022…
-
Réécriture du Roman de Renart, joyau de la littérature néerlandaise
René Pérennec (éd.)2023… -
Nouvelles Recherches sur l’Imaginaire, XLV
Cécile Meynard et Gérald Préher (dir.)2024…
-
Du tournant antifasciste à l’interdiction du Parti
Dimitri Manessis2022… -
De quelques critiques d’art au temps de l’École de Paris (1925-1933)
Alessandro Gallicchio2023…
-
Sébastien Denis, Bénédicte Rochet et Xavier Sené (dir.)2023…
-
Le texte biblique et la réflexion politique dans Aaron’s Rod, Kangaroo et The Plumed Serpent de D.H. Lawrence
Shirley Bricout2008… -
Jean-Michel Ganteau et Christine Reynier (dir.)2005…
-
Découvrir le pays de Galles du xiie siècle
Giraud de BarriJean-Charles Berthet (éd.)2023…
-
Selected bibliography
In Hena Maes-Jelinek, Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
…
-
The Impact of the War
In Hena Maes-Jelinek, Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
…
-
William Gerhardie
In Hena Maes-Jelinek, Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
…
-
Christopher Isherwood
In Hena Maes-Jelinek, Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
…
Lire
Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
Vérifiez si votre institution a déjà acquis ce livre : authentifiez-vous à OpenEdition Freemium for Books.
Vous pouvez suggérer à votre bibliothèque/établissement d’acquérir un ou plusieurs livres publié(s) sur OpenEdition Books.
N'hésitez pas à lui indiquer nos coordonnées :
OpenEdition - Service Freemium
access@openedition.org
22 rue John Maynard Keynes Bat. C - 13013 Marseille France
Vous pouvez également nous indiquer à l'aide du formulaire suivant les coordonnées de votre institution ou de votre bibliothèque afin que nous les contactions pour leur suggérer l’achat de ce livre.
Merci, nous transmettrons rapidement votre demande à votre bibliothèque.
Keywords
Mots clés
Personnes citées
Dossiers
Disciplines
Thèmes
Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
Référence électronique du livre
Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars
Partager
- Courriel