Reading 1922 : a return to the scene of the modern / Michael North.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, Michael, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.

Modernism (Literature).

Books and reading.

History.

Great Britain.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

United States.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Waste land.

Eliot, T. S.

Books and reading--History--20th century.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses.

Joyce, James.

Nineteen twenty-two, A.D.

Physical Description:

vii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

This engaging study returns to a truly remarkable year, the year in which both Ulysses and The Waste Land were published, in which The Great Gatsby was set, and during which the Fascisti took over in Italy, the Irish Free State was born, the Harlem Renaissance reached its peak, Charlie Chaplin's popularity crested, and King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered. In short, the year which not only in hindsight became the primal scene of literary modernism but which served as the cradle for a host of major political and aesthetic transformations resonating around the globe. In his previous study, the acclaimed Dialect of Modernism (OUP, 1994), Michael North looked at the racial and linguistic struggles over the English language which gave birth to the many strains of modernism. Here, he expands his vision to encompass the global stage, and tells the story of how books changed the future of the world as we know it in one unforgettable year.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index.

ISBN:

019512720X

OCLC:

39786739