Literature of the 1920s writers among the ruins
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
©2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain
v. 3 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index Introduction: in search of the twentyish -- A literature of ideas -- Mixing memory and desire: modernism and anachronism -- Never such innocence: versions of experience and disillusionment -- Impunities: crime, comedy and camp -- But it still goes on: the passing of the Twenties Eclipsed until now by the dominant story of Modernism, a much more inclusive range of 1920s literature emerges freshly illuminated in Chris Baldick's approachable history. The Twenties are reclaimed here as a period with its own distinctive historical awareness and creative agenda, one in which Modernist and non-Modernist currents are shown to engage with common memories and preoccupations. Spanning many genres high and low, including war memoirs, critical essays and detective stories as well as drama, poetry and the novel, Baldick's account situates leading works and authors of the decade - El |
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| Beschreibung: | ix, 190 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780748631438 0748631437 9780748674589 0748674586 9781299105508 1299105505 9780748627301 0748627308 9780748674572 |