Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)

A selective list of literary criticism for the Edwardian novelist Arnold Bennett, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA guidelines for web pages

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Literary Criticism

Cartlidge, Neil. A substantial introduction to Arnold Bennett in the Literary Encyclopedia. About Bennett's novels, says Cartlidge, "The Old Wives's Tale (1908) and Clayhanger (1910) in particular have good claim to be considered as high points both of the Edwardian novel and of the English Realist tradition."

Dover, R. "MA English Literary Culture: 1880-1920." A syllabus on Edwardian writing from Dr. Dover.

A UK government site on Arnold Bennett includes links to paragraph-long articles and the e-text versions on many of his books.

Information about the real towns of Bennett's "Five Towns" novels, from a tourist site for the Potteries.

An extensive web site on Arnold Bennett from Stoke-on-Trent, his home town. Includes a short discussion of Virginia Woolf's criticism of his writing in her essay "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown." (removed or moved).

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