
Reading the Times
Temporality and History in Twentieth-Century Fiction
Randall Stevenson(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 7. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4744-5252-6 (ISBN)
Description
Academics, postgraduates, upper level undergraduates in Twentieth-Century Literature, The Novel, Modern Fiction, Narrative Theory / Narratology, Literary Criticism.
Reviews / Votes
Think there's nothing left to be said about time in the twentieth-century novel? Read Randall Stevenson's Reading the Times, and think again. Stevenson gives us a new history of narrative form that is at the same time a compact cultural history of the century. * Brian McHale, The Ohio State University * This book's particular achievement lies in the comprehensive approach to combine a social history of chronometry with literary negotiations between "chronos" and "kairos" (in Frank Kermode's sense, in brief: clock time and experiential time, respectively). -- Heike Polster University of Memphis * Kronoscope 19 (2019) * A rich and enjoyable narrative of fictions various experiments with time over the course of the twentieth century. -- David Shackleton * Oxford University Press Journals * The impressively wide scope of the study is facilitated by Stevenson's great talents as a storyteller, Not only is Reading the Times a study of narrative, but it also deploys narrative in a highly skilful manner itself . . .light-footed summary . . . able to guide the reader through vast tracts of literary history . . . breathtakingA rich and enjoyable narrative of fiction's various experiments with time over the course of?the twentieth centurygreat explanatory power . . great strengths . . . relates temporal experiments in fiction to a wide range of material and historical conditions . . . -- David Shackleton * The Review of English Studies *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
12 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-5252-6 (9781474452526)
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Person
Randall Stevenson is Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Born in the north of Scotland, grew up in Glasgow and studied in the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. Lectured on modern literature in 15 countries in Europe and in Nigeria, South Korea and Egypt. General Editor of the Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain series.
Content
Introduction: Picnic Time, Prime Time, Story Time
I - 'All Those Figures': Joseph Conrad and the Maritimes
II - 'Wheels within Wheels': D.H. Lawrence, Industrial Time and War Time
III - Times in the Mind: Modernism in the 1920s
IV -- Not Like Old Times: the 1930s to Mid-Century
V - 'Time is Over': Postmodern Times
Conclusion: Millennial Times, Perennial Times
I - 'All Those Figures': Joseph Conrad and the Maritimes
II - 'Wheels within Wheels': D.H. Lawrence, Industrial Time and War Time
III - Times in the Mind: Modernism in the 1920s
IV -- Not Like Old Times: the 1930s to Mid-Century
V - 'Time is Over': Postmodern Times
Conclusion: Millennial Times, Perennial Times