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Jane Stafford

The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 9: The world novel in English to 1950 edited by Ralph Crane, Jane Stafford, and Mark Williams

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April 2017, no. 390
Paul Giles reviews 'The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 9: The world novel in English to 1950' edited by Ralph Crane, Jane Stafford, and Mark Williams

The latest instalment in the Oxford History of the Novel in English is notable for having one of its editors based in Australia and the other two in New Zealand. As these editors admit in their introduction, this volume is ‘something of a hybrid when set alongside the other eleven volumes that make up the series’, since it is organised partly by historical date, ...