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The Modern British Novel of the Left - A Research Guide (Hardcover, New)
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The use of the spatial metaphor of a left vs. right opposition
originated in the tendency of 19th century European legislatures to
seat more radical members to the left of the presiding official.
For nearly five decades, the left has come to be identified with
totalitarianism and with Marxism and Communism, the most successful
leftist movements of the 20th century. Many 20th century British
novels reflect values antithetical to capitalism, explore the
plight of the working class, and challenge the traditional
socioeconomic and political views of the right. The British novel
of the left represents a long and rich cultural tradition that
includes a large number of important works. These novels are best
understood as part of a cultural phenomenon that reacts against the
mainstream tradition of British literature but also establishes and
draws upon traditions of its own. British leftist novels have been
produced in a number of modes and subgenres, including realism,
modernism, historical novels, detective novels, and science
fiction. This reference book provides students and scholars
interested in pursuing research into modern British leftist and
working-class culture with a convenient starting place that
provides extensive coverage of British leftist and working-class
novels of the past century. Through an introductory essay, the
volume provides a brief historical survey of the development of
this important cultural phenomenon from the Chartist period of the
early 19th century to recent working class novels by such
contemporary authors as Pat Barker and James Kelman. This survey is
followed by an introductory discussion of Marxist literary theory,
which is used throughout the book to illuminate individual novels
within a theoretical framework consistent with that of most of the
novels themselves. The second major part of the book is a guide to
selected critical and historical works that presents brief
descriptions of a variety of studies useful as background to any
study of the British novel of the left. The bulk of the book
consists of discussions of more than 130 individual novels of the
left in a variety of modes and subgenres. This section includes
late 19th century works by authors such as Margaret Harkness and
George Bernard Shaw, important early 20th century works such as
Robert Tressell's The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, a wide
variety of works from the 1930s, when leftist cultural production
was at its peak, and post World War II novels by writers such as
Alan Sillitoe and John Berger. The book then ends with a discussion
of a number of postcolonial novels of the left that help to
illuminate issues relevant to British leftist culture as well.
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