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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, Michael, 1951- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Eliot, T. S.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses.

Joyce, James.

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

English literature.

Modernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.

Modernism (Literature).

Literature and society--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

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

American literature.

Books and reading--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.

Books and reading.

Nineteen twenty-two, A.D.

Physical Description:

vii, 269 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Reading nineteen twenty-two

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Translation, Mistranslation, and the Tractatus

Chapter 2 The Public Unconscious

Chapter 3 Tourists in the Age of the World Picture

Chapter 4 Across the Great Divide

Chapter 5 All Nice Wives Are Like That

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610471973

9780190288099

0190288094

9780197725825

0197725821

9780195303247

0195303245

9781280471971

1280471972

9780195344097

019534409X

9781602568051

1602568057

OCLC:

935260727