Postmodern fiction presents a challenge to the reader. The novel is modernism s most vital and experimental genre. A companion to medieval english literature and culture, c. The cambridge companion to modernist poetry edited by alex davis university college cork and lee m. Specially commissioned essays by leading specialists focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. In this 2007 companion leading critics explore the very significant pleasures of reading modernist novels, but also demonstrate how and why reading modernist fiction can be difficult. The term modernism, in its literary sense, became current in english shortly after the first world war to describe new experimental literature, notably works by t. She has published essays and articles on modernism, perception and theories of embodiment, and she is cur. The cambridge companion to the american modernist novel is a rich, dynamic, and intensely interesting collection of essays that will be of interest to both undergraduate students encountering american modernism for the first time, and seasoned scholars.
School of english 2014 4 edited collection contemporary poetry and contemporary science oup, 2006. Here is a novel that experiments with slowing down and magnifying experience, and with going forwards and backwards in time, to follow the promptings of consciousness and ostentatiously to flout clock time. Project muse the cambridge companion to roman law ed. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of. The twelve essays in this critical history of american modernism, covering the years from 1890 to 1939, are in three sections. Kenner and bleikasten offer defenses of the modernist works autonomy. This was also true in france, where marcel proust was at work on his vast, multivolume novel, in search of lost time 19 27.
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Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Cambridge core english literature 19001945 the cambridge companion to modernist women writers edited by maren tova linett. She edited feminism and cultural studies 1999 and has published widely on the french novelist, essayist and playwright. During literary analysis, the writer reads a work and then 1 point 0 pts rewrites the work in his own words. This preoccupation led to a form of narration called stream of consciousness, where the point of view of the novel meanders in a pattern resembling human thought. The cambridge companion to modernism edited by michael. The cambridge companion to the modernist novel cambridge university press, 2007. The first part explores the historical and cultural contexts and sexual politics of literary modernism and the avant garde. No one technique or style defines a novel as modernist. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. The cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction surrey. The cambridge companion to the modernist novel download the cambridge companion to the modernist novel ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format.
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