The Twentieth Century to 1939
Setting the Scene
-The British Labour party grew; women were allowed to vote for the first time in 1928.
-The novel of the twentieth century has more personal, individual themes.
-Writers began to use different points of view, rather than seeing the world through only one character’s eyes.
The Novel 1900-39
Henry James
1- The Wings of the Dove. (1902)
2- The Ambassadors. (1903)
3- The Golden Bowl. (1904)
Joseph Conrad
1- Lord Jim. (1900)
2- Nostromo. (1904)
3- Heart of Darkness. (1902)
Virginia Woolf
1- The Voyage Out. (1915)
2- Night and Day. (1919)
3- The Waves. (1931)
Graham Greene
1- Stamboul Train. (1932)
2- The Confidential Agent. (1939)
3- Brighton Rock. (1938)
Theatre and Drama
George Bernard Shaw
1- Man and Superman. (1905)
2- Pygmalion. (1913)
3- Saint Joan. (1923)
Somerset Maugham
1- The Circle. (1921)
2- The Constant Wife. (1926)
3- Private Lives. (1932)
Poetry 1895-1918
Gerard Manley Hopkins
1- The Wreck of the Deutschland. (1875)
Thomas Hardy
1- Life’s Little Ironies. (1894)
2- The Darkling Thrush. (1900)
3- The Convergence of the Twain. (1912)
T. S. Eliot
1- The Waste Land. (1922)
2- Murder in the Cathedral. (1935)