Before modernism was : modern history and the constituency of writing / Geoff Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Geoff, 1966-

Series:

Language, discourse, society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature).

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

xviii, 222 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

"Before Modernism Was" places modernist writing within the texture of modern history. Texts by Woolf, James, Freud, Wyndham Lewis, Stein, Malinowski, and others are read through a range of figures that construct and disrupt modern meaning: the ghost that affects the value of your property; the sulky, graceless adolescent; the Pole who may not be Polish; the nervous owner of the dog; the addict and her smoke. Eccentric to its institutions, these figures are central to the constituency of modernism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-217) and index.

ISBN:

033377051X

OCLC:

54857573