Modernist parody : imitation, origination, and experimentation in early twentieth-century literature / Sarah Davison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davison, Sarah Jane, 1980- author.

Series:

Oxford English monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford English monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parodies--History and criticism.

Parodies.

Parody in literature.

Modernism (Literature).

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

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This volume argues that parody is central to modernism and shows that as a literary technique, parody was a means for modernists to learn their craft, sharpen their historical sense, and define themselves as post-Victorians.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Permissions

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Parody: History and Theory

2. Pasticherie: Ezra Pound's Apprenticeship from His College Verses to Canzoni

3. 'An Atmosphere of Parody': Imagism and Blast

4. Mocking Modernisms: Parody in Little Magazines

5. 'A Moqueur to the Marrow': T. S. Eliot, Parody, and the Writing of The Waste Land

6. A 'Bawd of Parodies': James Joyce's Practices as a Parodist from His Early Writings to Ulysses

7. Parodists of History: Ford Madox Ford, Virginia Woolf, Wyndham Lewis, and James Joyce

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Davison, Sarah Modernist Parody

ISBN:

0-19-194450-5

0-19-266591-X

0-19-266590-1