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082			_a809 _bTHO
100			_aThody, Philip
245			_aTwentieth-Century Literature : Critical Issues & Themes
260			_aHampshire : _bMacmillan Press, _c1996.
300			_axi, 301 pages ;
490			_aMacmillan modern novelists.
500			_aIndex
505			_a Acknowledgments -- Preface -- A guide to contents -- 1. Themes, variations and constants -- 2. Visions of childhood I : the child unhappy on its own account -- 3. Visions of childhood II : the child wicked on its own account -- 4. Varieties of realism I : plays, intertextuality and myth -- 5. Varieties of realism II : censorship, the novel and the city -- 6. Varieties of realism III : naturalism, tragedy and the unconscious -- 7. Moral certainties and the problem of determinism -- 8. Moral dilemmas I : religion, ethics and some incidental truths -- 9. Moral dilemmas II : philosophy, free will and some visions of the future -- 10. Moral dilemmas III : ends, means and irony -- 11. Politics, commitment and the responsibilities of the scientist -- 12. Madness, history and sex -- 13. Magic realism, post-modernism and Toni Morrison -- Suggestions for further reading -- Notes -- Index : themes and ideas mentioned or explored -- Index : names mentioned in the text.
520			_a 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			_aLiterature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
942			_cBK
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