The Centre of Things: Political Fiction in Britain from Disraeli to the Present

by Christopher Harvie

Overview

‘This is an excellent survey of the British political novel.' - Contemporary Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780044455929
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/24/1991
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Preface The Conversation of People who Counted The Literature of Crisis The Triumph of Disraeli Landscape with Candidates The Golden Age: the Mid-Victorian Political Novel Revolutionaries and Elitists, 1886-1914 In Time of Strife, 1914-26 Class? Nation? Commonwealth? The Fall and Rise of British Political Fiction Index

Editorial Reviews

‘... an extraordinarily busy, exfoliating book, bursting its banks with plot summaries and potted historical explanations ... very readable indeed.' - Valentine Cunningham, New Statesman and Society

‘This is an excellent survey of the British political novel.' - Contemporary Review

‘Students of politics as well as literature will find it very stimulating' - The Scotsman Weekend

From the Publisher