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Modernist writing and reactionary politics / Charles Ferrall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferrall, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature and society--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- Fascism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ferrall argues that the politics of Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Lawrence, and Wyndham Lewis were a response to the separation of art from an increasingly industrialised society. Fascism became attractive to these writers because it promised to reintegrate art into society while simultaneously guaranteeing its autonomy.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""I""; ""II""; ""CHAPTER 1 W. B. Yeats and the family romance of Irish nationalism""; ""CHAPTER 2 Ezra Pound and the poetics of literalism""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""CHAPTER 3 'Neither Living nor Dead': T. S. Eliot and the uncanny""; ""I""; ""II""; ""CHAPTER 4 The homosocial and fascism in D. H. Lawrence""; ""CHAPTER 5 'Always Deux': Wyndham Lewis and his doubles""; ""Notes""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. W. B. YEATES AND THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF IRISH NATIONALISM""
- ""2. EZRA POUND AND THE POETICS OF LITERALISM""""3. 'NEITHER LIVING NOR DEAD': T. S. ELIOT AND THE UNCANNY""; ""4. THE HOMOSOCIAL AND FASCISM IN D. H. LAWRENCE""; ""5. ALWAYS DEUX: WYNDHAM LEWIS AND HIS DOUBLES""; ""Works cited""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-04731-2
- 0-511-15378-3
- 0-511-01775-8
- OCLC:
- 808028048
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