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Written Especially For Students And Assuming No Prior Knowledge Of The Subject, David Trotter's The English Novel In History 1895-1920 Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To Early 20th-century Fiction This Study Embraces The Whole Range Of Early 20th-century Fiction, From Avant-garde Innovations To Popular Mass-market Genres. Separate Sections Are Devoted To James, Conrad, Kipling, Bennett, Lawrence, Lewis, And Joyce. It Establishes A Classification Of Literary Styles In The Period. Based On This Classification, It Offers An Account Of The Subject-matters Which Preoccupied Writers Of All Kinds: Gender, Race, Nationality, Sexual Psychology, Production And Consumption. The English Novel In History Aims To Redefine Our Understanding Of Literary Modernism, And Should Be Useful Reading For All Students Of Modern English Literature.