Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel

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Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel argues that the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) is one of the most important, though undervalued, practitioners of the twentieth-century novel in English. This is an innovative study with significant implications for contemporary critical and theoretical writing. The authors contend that Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the novel itself. Bowen's ten novels have been viewed as 'society' novels, novels of 'manners', modelled on - but inferior to - the writings of Henry James, E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf. But the fundamental strangeness of Bowen's novels has gone largely unacknowledged.

subjects: History,  In literature,  Women and literature,  Technique,  Criticism and interpretation,  Fiction,  Bowen, Elizabeth,  Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973,  1899-1973,  20th century,  Bowen, Elizabeth,,  Ireland,  Reference,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Criticism and interpretationbowen, elizabeth , 1899-1973,  Women and literature--history,  Women and literature--ireland--history--20th century,  Pr6003.o6757 z515 1994

People: Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973)

Places: Ireland

Times: 20th century