C.P. Snow is a prominent figure in modern English fiction with his famous ‘Strangers and Brothers’ sequence of novels and other works. ‘The Novels of C.P. Snow’ successfully explores Snow’s social in¬sights — his acute insights into social processes and contemporary social issues — and demonstrates that he is a novelist par excellence of society and a unique political novelist in the history of modern English fiction. “Mr. Maniyar’s argument and presentation has certainly illuminated much of C.P. Snow, and indeed lit up corners of his work hither to neglected”. “…..this is a first-rate job and deserves high praise all around”. Robert K. Morris, Professor of English, City College of the City of New York

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION I. Introduction II. Social Insight III. The Novelist of Social Insights IV. The Classification of the Novelists of Social Insights CHAPTER TWO: THE MAKE-UP OF SNOWS SOCIO-REALISTIC OUTLOOK I. Introduction II. The Age of C.P. Snow — The Contemporary Scene (a) The Social Scene (b) The Literary Scene III. Life and Career of C.P. Snow IV. Snow’s Prejudices, Inclinations and Preoccupations (i) Snow’s Prejudices (ii) Snow’s Inclinations (iii) Snow’s Preoccupations V. Conclusion CHAPTER THREE: SNOWS INSIGHT INTO SOCIAL DYNAMICS I. Introduction II. Structural Changes (Physical Changes) in Social Groups (i) Degeneration in Leadership (ii) The Pressure of External Social Milieu (iii) Internal Dissension III. Moral Changes in Social Groups CHAPTER FOUR: SNOWS INSIGHT INTO THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL POWER I. Introduction II. Closed Politics (a) Combination Room Politics: The Masters and The Affair (b) Court Politics (c) Hierarchical Politics (d) Committee Politics III. High Power Politics (a) Corridor Politics (b) International Politics IV. Conclusion CHAPTER FIVE: SNOWS INSIGHT INTO THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE I. Introduction II. Changes in Social Systems: (a) The Class (i) Decline of the Aristocracy (ii) Lower-middle class Upsurgence (iii) Emergence of the Meritocracy (b) The family (c) The Marriage III. Cultural Changes: (a) Decline of Traditional Culture and Emergence of Scientific Culture (b) Break-down of Traditional Authoritarian Cultural Order and Rise of Liberal Cultural Order (c) Change in the Status of Woman (d) Change in Life-Style (e) Rise in Crime-rate and Juvenile Offences (f) Decline in Moral Standards (g) Decline in Educational Standards (h) Decline in Aesthetic Standards IV. Socio-Economic Changes and Changing Social Mood : The Hopeful Twenties, the Depressed Thirties, the Active Forties, the Placid Fifties, the Riotous Sixties, the Bleak Seventies V. The Political Divide and Changing Profile VI. Conclusion CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSION I. Snow’s Contribution to Novel (i) Scientific Respectability (ii) Novel of Human Ecology (iii) Political Novel (iv) Social Chronicle II. Snow’s Achievement as Novelist (i) A Novelist of Closed Politics and High Power Politics (ii) Novelist of Social Change (iii) A Champion of Disarmament Policy (iv) Snow and other Novelists of Society (v) Snow’s Impact on Contemporary and Later Novelists (vi) Snow and the Great Tradition of English Fiction BIBLIOGRAPHY