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Author:

Orr, John, 1943-2010.

Title:

The making of the twentieth-century novel : Lawrence, Joyce, Faulkner, and beyond / John Orr.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

1987

Description:

ix, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English-speaking countries--Intellectual life--20th century.
Roman américain--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
American fiction.
English fiction.
Intellectual life.
English-speaking countries.
Realismus
Roman
Englisch
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Epiphanies in literature.
Roman.
Englisch.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Geschichte 1900-1970.
1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-1970.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-215) and index. Includes index.

Contents:

Passion and compassion; absence and desire -- Lawrence: passion and its dissolution -- Joyce: the lineaments of desire -- Bitter-sweet: Hemingway and Barnes -- Faulkner I: the family void -- Faulkner II: colours of absence; ubiquity of desire -- Faulkner III: abstraction -- Lowry: the day of the dead -- Completion: Wright and Ellison -- False composure: Durrell and Fowles, Bellow and Styron.

ISBN:

9780312002206
0312002203

OCLC:

(OCoLC)14098198

LCCN:

86020353

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)