Covering the complete range of writing in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, this volume also explores the impact of writing from the former colonies on English literature of the period. It analyzes the ways in which conventional literary genres were influenced by the cultural technologies of radio, cinema and television. This work is of major importance to anyone concerned with twentieth-century literature, its cultural context and its relation to the contemporary.

Introduction Laura Marcus and Peter Nicholls Part I. Before Modernism: 1. Science and knowledge at the beginning of the twentieth century Patrick Parrinder 2. The Victorian Fin de Sicle and the decadence century: versions of the modern Enlightenment Regenia Gagnier 3. Empire and modern writing Elleke Boehmer 4. The gender of modernity Ann Ardis Part II. The Emerging Avant-Garde: 5. Edwardians to Georgians Robert Caserio 6. The avant-garde, Bohemia, and mainstream culture Tyrus Miller 7. 'Our London, my London, your London': the modernist moment in the metropolis Peter Brooker 8. Futurism, literature and the market Paul Edwards 9. Literature and the First World War Vincent Sherry Part III. Modernism and its Aftermath, 1918~1945: 10. Trauma and war memory Deborah Parsons 11. The time-mind of the nineteen-twenties Michael Levenson 12. Modern life: fiction and satire David Bradshaw 13. Modernist poetry and poetics Ronald Bush 14. Modernity and myth Steven Connor 15. Psychoanalysis and literature Lyndsey Stonebridge 16. Biography and autobiography: 1918~45 Max Saunders 17. 'Speed, violence, women, America': popular fictions, 1918~1945 David Glover 18. Theatre and drama between the wars 1918~1939 Maggie Gale 19. Literature and cinema Laura Marcus 20. The 1930s Rod Mengham 21. Literary criticism and cultural politics David Ayers 22. Surrealism in England Peter Nicholls 23. World War Two: Contested Europe Adam Piette 24. World War Two: the city in ruins Michael North Part IV. 1945~1970: Postwar Cultures: 25. Culture, class and education, 1945~70 Ken Hirschkop 26. Post-War broadcast drama Keith Williams 27. Drama and the new theatre companies Trevor Griffiths 28. British poetry 1945~1970: Modernism and anti-modernism Keith Tuma and Nate Dorward 29. Nation, region, place: devolving cultures Morag Shiach 30. The nineteen-sixties: Realism and experiment John Lucas 31.'Voyaging in': colonialism and migration 1945~70 Susheila Nasta Part V. 1970~2000: 32. The seventies and the cult of culture Tim Armstrong 33. Feminism and writing: the politics of culture Patricia Waugh 34. The half-lives of literary fictions: genre fictions in the twentieth century Scott McCracken 35. Theatre and politics 1970~2002 Simon Shepherd 36. Tradition and modernity: Irish literature since 1970 Ronan McDonald 37. Second Renaissance: Scottish literature since 1968 Gerry Carruthers 38. Towards devolution: Welsh writing since 1970 Jane Aaron 39. British-Jewish writing and the turn towards diaspora Bryan Cheyette 40. Fiction and postmodernity Julian Murphet 41. Postcolonial fictions Tim Woods 42. Writing lives: biography and autobiography 1970~2000 Alison Light 43. Poetry since 1970 Peter Middleton 44. Ending the century: literature and digital technology Roger Luckhurst

Laura Marcus is Reader in English at the University of Sussex. Peter Nicholls is Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Sussex.

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