Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel argues that the Anglo- Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) is one of the most important, though undervalued, practitioner of the twentieth-century novel in English. This is an innovative study with significant implications for contemporary critical and theoretical writing. The authors contend that Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the novel itself.

ANDREW BENNETT
NICHOLAS ROYLE

Foreword - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Abeyances: The Hotel and The Last September - Shivered: To the North and Friends and Relations - Fanatic Immobility: The House in Paris - Dream Wood: The Death of the Heart - Sheer Kink: The Heat of the Day - Obelisk: A World of Love - Trance: The Little Girls - Convulsions: Eva Trout - Index