Portal:Modern British literature
Modern British literature includes works written in the United Kingdom during the period from 1900 to 1960. It is preceded by Victorian literature and followed by Post-modern British literature. The British literary tradition is one part of the broader tradition of British literature. For the purposes of this portal the year 1899/1900 is the start of the Modern era; works listed here may not be grouped as part of the modernist movement by literary critics.
This portal is not intended as an exhaustive list of modern works from the United Kingdom. Items that are listed might be included in a course on modern British literature, or have had a significant cultural impact. Literature courses typically do not cover scholarly works, whether historical, philosophical, religious, or scientific, so those works are not listed here. However, scholarly works about modern British literature are included under the appropriate sections.
Additionally, this portal does not include works still under copyright; works may be added to Wikisource once they enter public domain. Nor does this page include works written in languages other than English and Scots, except in translation. These points of delimitation are the result of the scope of the English Wikisource. For works originally written in Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Latin, or other languages, please visit the Wikisource project for that language.
See Portal:United Kingdom for works of historical importance related to the nation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Literature by form[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- "The Listeners", by Walter de la Mare (1912)
- 1914 & other Poems, by Rupert Brooke (1915)
- Poems, by Edward Thomas (1917)
- "Reynard The Fox", Part I and Part II, by John Masefield (1920)
- The Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot (1922)
Novels[edit]
- Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad (1899)
- The First Men in the Moon, by H. G. Wells (1901)
- Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad (1904)
- King Solomon's Mines, by H. Rider Haggard (1907)
- A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster (1908)
- Howards End, by E. M. Forster (1910)
- Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence (1913)
- The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf (1915)
- A Voyage to Arcturus, by David Lindsay (1920)
- A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster (1924)
- Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (1925)
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie (1926)
Short stories[edit]
- Encounters, by Elizabeth Bowen (1923)
- The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton (1911)
- My Man Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse (1919)
- Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne (1926)
Essays[edit]
Orations[edit]
- "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat", by Winston Churchill (13 May 1940)
- "We shall fight on the beaches", by Winston Churchill (4 June 1940)
- "Their Finest Hour", by Winston Churchill (18 June 1940)
Collections of modern British literature[edit]
- The Forsyte Chronicles, by John Galsworthy (1906–1921)
- The Strand Magazine
Individual authors[edit]
Only authors with works in the public domain are listed.
- For a more extensive listing see Category:British authors.
- W. H. Auden (emigrated to the US)
- Elizabeth Bowen
- Rupert Brooke
- G. K. Chesterton
- Agatha Christie
- Winston Churchill
- Joseph Conrad (born in Poland)
- Noël Coward
- T. S. Eliot (born in the US)
- E. M. Forster
- James George Frazer
- John Galsworthy
- Thomas Hardy
- D. H. Lawrence
- C. S. Lewis
- David Lindsay
- Walter de la Mare
- John Masefield
- A. A. Milne
- George Orwell (most works still copyrighted in the US)
- Bertrand Russell
- Edward Thomas
- H. G. Wells
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Virginia Woolf
Works about modern British literature[edit]
Literary magazines[edit]
See also[edit]
Parent portals[edit]
- Portal:British literature
- Portal:English language
- Portal:English literature
- Portal:Modern texts
- Portal:Scots
Related portals[edit]
- Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Portal:United Kingdom - for works of historical importance related to the nation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.