TY - GEN T1 - Romance and realism : a study in English bourgeois literature T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Caudwell, Christopher, 1907-1937 A2 - Hynes, Samuel, 1924-2019 LA - English PP - Princeton, New Jersey PB - Princeton University Press YR - 1970 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn905862449 AB - Christopher Caudwell was the pseudonym of Christopher St. John Sprigg, a British journalist and professional writer who became an important philosopher and critic in the 1930's, author of Illusion and Reality and Studies in a Dying Culture. In the mid-thirties Caudwell joined the Communist Party; he died in 1937 in the defense of Madrid, leaving the manuscript of Romance and Realism unpublished. This short but comprehensive book is a Marxist interpretation of English literature from Shakespeare to Spender. The author follows the course of English history-the end of feudalism, the age of exploration, the rise of the common man, industrialization, science- producing his particular synthesis of literature as a subjective experience (romance) and as a response to society (realism). The major writers and movements of English literature are discussed, often with brilliant observations. Romance and Realism is important as Marxist criticism, as a reflection of the acrid definitions of the writers of the thirties (including Auden, Orwell, C. Day Lewis), and as the highly personal view of a talented critic. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. OP - 149 CN - PR401 .C383 1970eb SN - 9781400867691 SN - 140086769X SN - 9780691620817 SN - 9780691061955 SN - 0691620814 SN - 0691061955 KW - English literature : History and criticism. KW - Middle class in literature. KW - Realism in literature. KW - Romanticism : England. KW - Littérature anglaise : Histoire et critique. KW - Réalisme dans la littérature. KW - Romantisme : Angleterre. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - English literature KW - Middle class in literature KW - Realism in literature KW - Romanticism KW - England KW - Englisch KW - Literatur KW - Marxismus KW - Letterkunde. KW - Engels. KW - Englisch. KW - Geschichte 1600-1930. KW - English literature : History and criticism KW - Romanticism : England KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -