| Before Modernism Was: Modern History and the Constituency of Writing 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Gilbert, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349415197 ISBN-13: 9781349415199 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 809.911 |
| Series: Language, Discourse, Society |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |