Twentieth-Century Literature : Critical Issues & Themes (Record no. 36057)
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| fixed length control field | 01814nam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780333615348 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0333615344 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 809 |
| Item number | THO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Thody, Philip |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Twentieth-Century Literature : Critical Issues & Themes |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Hampshire : |
| Name of publisher | Macmillan Press, |
| Year of publication | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 301 pages ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Macmillan modern novelists. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Acknowledgments --<br/>Preface --<br/>A guide to contents --<br/>1. Themes, variations and constants --<br/>2. Visions of childhood I : the child unhappy on its own account --<br/>3. Visions of childhood II : the child wicked on its own account --<br/>4. Varieties of realism I : plays, intertextuality and myth --<br/>5. Varieties of realism II : censorship, the novel and the city --<br/>6. Varieties of realism III : naturalism, tragedy and the unconscious --<br/>7. Moral certainties and the problem of determinism --<br/>8. Moral dilemmas I : religion, ethics and some incidental truths --<br/>9. Moral dilemmas II : philosophy, free will and some visions of the future --<br/>10. Moral dilemmas III : ends, means and irony --<br/>11. Politics, commitment and the responsibilities of the scientist --<br/>12. Madness, history and sex --<br/>13. Magic realism, post-modernism and Toni Morrison --<br/>Suggestions for further reading --<br/>Notes --<br/>Index : themes and ideas mentioned or explored --<br/>Index : names mentioned in the text. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/>This introduction to 20th-century literature seeks to define what distinguishes the literature of the 20th century from that of earlier times. Particular attention is given to the problem of realism, especially in the context of the "magical realism" practised by European and non-European authors. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | Purchased | 1812.50 | 809 THO | 004780 | Lending Books |