English Fiction, 1900-1950: Individual authors, Joyce to Woolf

Book excerpt: Three criteria were used to determine who among the scores of British writers of fiction, flourishing during the years 1900-1950, would be represented in this research guide. Included are: (1) all generally acknowledged major novelists ; (2) all major men of letters who have made a significant contribution to modern fiction ; (3) all minor writers who have attracted a significant amount of bibliographical, biographical, or critical commentary and who have contributed significantly to the development of modern long and short fiction in Britain.