2005, ISBN: 9781411624146

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Cambridge University Press. Softcover. New. Twentieth Century Classics is a collection of essays on 20th-century English society through surveys of leading prose writers of that period.… mais…

Cambridge University Press. Softcover. New. Twentieth Century Classics is a collection of essays on 20th-century English society through surveys of leading prose writers of that period. In this book the author, Rajiva Wijesinha, puts together 51 writers of English literature whose works have the best claim towards the hallmark of ‘classic’ in the 20th century. Each of the writers included in this book is representative of the period in terms of his or her literary concerns and choice of themes and subjects. Initially published in Sri Lanka in the newspaper, The Island, as a weekly column, the essays also contribute much to our understanding of the society they describe, the changes the society experienced and the moral perspectives that governed it. The essays are educational and written in a lucid manner. They can be a reader’s best guide to good literature of the previous century. Contents Preface Introduction 1. Graham Greene, the West, and Human Factors 2. Imperialism and Sentiment: Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet and the Mountbattens 3. Forster’s Views on Race and Class and Moral Imperatives 4. Kipling on Goodness and the Great Game 5. Political Perspectives and Moral Fervour in Joseph Conrad 6. Henry James on Personal Relations: Looking Beneath and Beyond 7. The Heroic Vitalism of D. H. Lawrence 8. James Joyce and the Life of Dubliners 9. Evelyn Waugh and the City of Aquatint 10. Virginia Woolf and Time’s Chariot 11. Robert Graves’ Sense of History 12. Christopher Isherwood and Berlin in Decline 13. Aldous Huxley and the Dangers of a World without Ideas 14. Somerset Maugham and the Strengths of Simplicity 15. Agatha Christie and the Magic of Murder 16. Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes 17. Galsworthy and Social and Sexual Transition 18. The Unchanging World of P. G. Wodehouse 19. Frank Richards and the Preposterous Excesses of Billy Bunter 20. John Buchan and a Life beyond Letters 21. Richmal Crompton’s William and the Charms of the Unorthodox 22. Edith Nesbit and the Pleasures of Childhood 23. The Excessive Vitalism of Bernard Shaw 24. The Melancholia of Katherine Mansfield 25. J. M. Barrie and the Boy Who Never Grew Up 26. Kenneth Grahame’s Singular Mr Toad 27. The Wicked Worlds of George Orwell 28. Enid Blyton’s Evocations of Britain 29. Tolkien and the Pursuit and Achievement of Power 30. Transitions in the Worlds of C. S. Lewis 31. Noël Coward and the Games People Play 32. Rattigan’s Sensitivities 33. Lawrence Durrell and the Uses of Sexuality 34. Anthony Powell and the Hollow Heart of the New England 35. Angus Wilson and the Pursuit of Values 36. William Golding and the Limits of Civilization 37. Anthony Burgess and the Energy of the Outsider 38. The Ineffable Angst of Samuel Beckett 39. Pinter and the Politics of Literature 40. Ian Fleming’s Establishment and its Guardian 41. Le Carré’s Hard-pressed Concept of Honour 42. Beyond Shadows – Naipaul’s Brilliant Bad Temper 43. Muriel Spark and Remembrances of Mortality 44. The Bizarre Worlds of J. G. Ballard 45. Simon Raven’s Extravagant Decency 46. Salman Rushdie’s Magic 47. Vikram Seth’s Romanticism 48. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Pictures of Past and Present 49. The Relentless Anguish of Kazuo Ishiguro 50. Gerald Durrell’s Human Zoos 51. T. E. Lawrence and the Limits of Commitment Printed Pages: 228., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press. Softcover. New. Twentieth Century Classics is a collection of essays on 20th-century English society through surveys of leading prose writers of that period. In this book the author, Rajiva Wijesinha, puts together 51 writers of English literature whose works have the best claim towards the hallmark of ‘classic’ in the 20th century. Each of the writers included in this book is representative of the period in terms of his or her literary concerns and choice of themes and subjects. Initially published in Sri Lanka in the newspaper, The Island, as a weekly column, the essays also contribute much to our understanding of the society they describe, the changes the society experienced and the moral perspectives that governed it. The essays are educational and written in a lucid manner. They can be a reader’s best guide to good literature of the previous century. Contents Preface Introduction 1. Graham Greene, the West, and Human Factors 2. Imperialism and Sentiment: Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet and the Mountbattens 3. Forster’s Views on Race and Class and Moral Imperatives 4. Kipling on Goodness and the Great Game 5. Political Perspectives and Moral Fervour in Joseph Conrad 6. Henry James on Personal Relations: Looking Beneath and Beyond 7. The Heroic Vitalism of D. H. Lawrence 8. James Joyce and the Life of Dubliners 9. Evelyn Waugh and the City of Aquatint 10. Virginia Woolf and Time’s Chariot 11. Robert Graves’ Sense of History 12. Christopher Isherwood and Berlin in Decline 13. Aldous Huxley and the Dangers of a World without Ideas 14. Somerset Maugham and the Strengths of Simplicity 15. Agatha Christie and the Magic of Murder 16. Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes 17. Galsworthy and Social and Sexual Transition 18. The Unchanging World of P. G. Wodehouse 19. Frank Richards and the Preposterous Excesses of Billy Bunter 20. John Buchan and a Life beyond Letters 21. Richmal Crompton’s William and the Charms of the Unorthodox 22. Edith Nesbit and the Pleasures of Childhood 23. The Excessive Vitalism of Bernard Shaw 24. The Melancholia of Katherine Mansfield 25. J. M. Barrie and the Boy Who Never Grew Up 26. Kenneth Grahame’s Singular Mr Toad 27. The Wicked Worlds of George Orwell 28. Enid Blyton’s Evocations of Britain 29. Tolkien and the Pursuit and Achievement of Power 30. Transitions in the Worlds of C. S. Lewis 31. Noël Coward and the Games People Play 32. Rattigan’s Sensitivities 33. Lawrence Durrell and the Uses of Sexuality 34. Anthony Powell and the Hollow Heart of the New England 35. Angus Wilson and the Pursuit of Values 36. William Golding and the Limits of Civilization 37. Anthony Burgess and the Energy of the Outsider 38. The Ineffable Angst of Samuel Beckett 39. Pinter and the Politics of Literature 40. Ian Fleming’s Establishment and its Guardian 41. Le Carré’s Hard-pressed Concept of Honour 42. Beyond Shadows – Naipaul’s Brilliant Bad Temper 43. Muriel Spark and Remembrances of Mortality 44. The Bizarre Worlds of J. G. Ballard 45. Simon Raven’s Extravagant Decency 46. Salman Rushdie’s Magic 47. Vikram Seth’s Romanticism 48. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Pictures of Past and Present 49. The Relentless Anguish of Kazuo Ishiguro 50. Gerald Durrell’s Human Zoos 51. T. E. Lawrence and the Limits of Commitment Printed Pages: 228., Cambridge University Press, NOEL BAILEY Printed by Amazon., 2005. Previous owners inscriptions: No. Book Condition: Good. Jacket condition: No jacket. Published: 2005. 1st Edition: No. Pages: 299. Description: Cynical, abrasive and devastatingly frank account of a life in progress, set to a nostalgic time-line of major news headlines and rock'n roll history . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket., NOEL BAILEY Printed by Amazon., 2005<