This effort provides the first detailed and fully comprehensive analysis of early twentieth-century English fiction. Trotter examines the whole spectrum of fiction, from the innovations of Joyce's 'Ulysses' through to mass-market genres such as detective stories and spy-thrillers.

David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London.

Introduction Part I Economies and styles 1 CONSUMING PASSIONS 2 LABOUR 3 GOLD STANDARDS 4 THRESHOLDS 5 INTERIORS 6 THE RELEVANCE OF ULYSSES Part II Nation and society 7 DEGENERATION 8 DECLENSION 9 FRONTIERS 10 ENGLISHNESS 11 SPIES 12 AWAKENINGS Part III The Psychopathology of Modernism 13 SEX NOVELS 14 DISGUST 15 HENRY JAMES'S ODD WOMEN 16 IRONY AND REVULSION IN KIPLING AND CONRAD 17 WAITING: JAMES'S LAST NOVELS 18 WYNDHAM LEWIS 19 STEPHEN HERO AND BLOOM THE OBSCURE