Fascinating fictions: Vintage English Classics from the 1920s by Margaret Kennedy, Theodore Powys and AA Milne

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    London

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These novels are an indication of the range and variety of novels from a fascinating period between the wars by writers whose work has survived and is being reassessed.Biographical details:Aamer Hussein is a well-known short story writer, novelist, and essayist He has held professorial posts at the universities of London and Southampton, and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies.

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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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Discuss a variety of genres from an interesting literary decade which produced many prominent writers; examine how the novels of manners, detective stories and fantasies of the past compare with other works in their genres and may have influenced literary trends that followed.

You will need to buy the novels listed, all of which are available in recent paperback editions and also on Kindle.

Mini-lecture, tutor input, ,text analysis, group discussion.

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  • Classics
  • English

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We will briefly examine the careers of the novelists and the social and historical contexts in which they wrote, and concentrate on close reading of the texts.

Prolific and very popular in her lifetime, Margaret Kennedy was for decades remembered for her novel The Constant Nymph; today much of her work is being rediscovered by a new readership. Loved by generations for his children’s stories, Milne’s only mystery was widely read for decades and is a little gem of its kind. A member of a charismatic literary family, Powys’s quirky allegory is his lasting claim to classic status.

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Fascinating fictions: Vintage English Classics from the 1920s by Margaret Kennedy, Theodore Powys and AA Milne

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