The tragic comedians: seven modern British novelists.

Some premises.
Family reunions: E. M. Forster.
The appeal to grandfathers: Aldous Huxley.
Stylized rebellion: Evelyn Waugh.
Paradoxes of pleasure-and-pain: Henry Green.
Directed restlessness: Joyce Cary.
The unconfident confidence man.
Games of apprehension: L. P. Hartley.
The uses of polite surprise: Anthony Powell.
A summary history.