The tragic comedians
Subtitle: seven modern British novelists
By: James Hall.
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [165]-174.
Reprint of the ed. published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Some premises.; title: Family reunions: E. M. Forster.; title: The appeal to grandfathers: Aldous Huxley.; title: Stylized rebellion: Evelyn Waugh.; title: Paradoxes of pleasure-and-pain: Henry Green.; title: Directed restlessness: Joyce Cary.; title: The unconfident confidence man.; title: Games of apprehension: L. P. Hartley.; title: The uses of polite surprise: Anthony Powell.; title: A summary history.