

Bradbury argues that almost a century since the emergence of Modernism, it is now possible to see the entire period in perspective. It is clear that the first 50 years - from Henry James, Wilde and Stevenson, through James Joyce, Lawrence, Forster, to Huxley, Isherwood and Orwell...

An account of the development of the British novel in the 20th century, and a companion volume to the author's The Modern American Novel. The various main lines are laid out, and the book includes a detailed survey of post-war writing and the scene today.