A Companion to the English Novel

From the earliest forms of the novel in the eighteenth century through many stages of literary and cultural transition to the present day “global Anglophone fiction”, A Companion to the English Novel condenses a wealth of written history, movements and themes into 29 “intellectually engaging” essays. That most of the contributors are American only emphasises how far the “English” novel has, in fact, become “an international form, open to continental, transatlantic and now global influences and energies”.

Arranged by topic – rather than chronologically in a traditional timeline of key authors and styles – the Companion is divided into seven...