TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION:THE PARADOX
1.1)Point of Departure
1.2)Inquiries and Methodologies
PART ONE:CONVENTION AND CONSERVATISM
CHAPTER 2 A WRITER IN THE WRONG TIME?CONTEXT AND THEME
2.1)Postˉwar Fiction and Tradition
2.2)A Novelist of Christian Humanity
CHAPTER 3 A VERY ENGLISH KIND OF WRITING:“ENGLISHNESS”
3.1)Stylistic Features of “Englishness”
3.2)Notions of “Englishness”
3.3)Genre and Readership
3.4)The Establishment View of Literature
PART TWO:POLITICS OF READING
CHAPTER 4 WRITING IN THE POSTMODERN ERA
4.1)Fitzgerald and Postmodernism
4.2)Historical Fiction Revisited
CHAPTER 5 CONFORMITY OR DISSENT:IDENTITY AND WRITING
5.1)National Identity vs Personal Identity
5.2)Writing about Power
5.3)Writing about Class
5.4)Writing about Women
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION:A VOICE OF RESTRAINT
6.1)Fitzgerald s Literary Career
6.2)Fitzgerald:a Minor Classic of Literature?
AFTERWORD
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A:EXPLORATORY SURVEY
APPENDIX B:PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
APPENDIX C:LIST OF PENELOPE FITZGERALD S LITERARY
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BIBLIOGRAPHY A:PRIMARY MATERIALS BY PENELOPE FITZGERALD
BIBLIOGRAPHY B:WRITINGS ABOUT PENELOPE FITZGERALD
BIBLIOGRAPHY C:LIST OF CRITICAL READING