Long Shadow: Victorian Themes and Forms in the Edwardian Provincial Novel – Arnold Bennett and D.H. Lawrence

Anxious as it was to distance itself from the Victorian period, the Edwardian novel in fact makes extensive use of the themes and forms of the nineteenth-century novel. It draws on realist conventions of the previous period, even as it also adapts them. And novelists remained concerned with the lege...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Victoriographies 2011-05, Vol.1 (1), p.1-13
Main Author: Robbins, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Lawrence, D H (1885-1930)
Victorian period
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Anxious as it was to distance itself from the Victorian period, the Edwardian novel in fact makes extensive use of the themes and forms of the nineteenth-century novel. It draws on realist conventions of the previous period, even as it also adapts them. And novelists remained concerned with the legendary limitations on sexual mores and their expression in their writing. In two very different novelists, Arnold Bennett and D.H. Lawrence, the same concerns with form and theme can be traced, showing the extent to which the Edwardian novel remained haunted by the long shadow of its Victorian forebear.
ISSN:2044-2416
2044-2424
DOI:10.3366/vic.2011.0003