Masterpieces of British Modernism

Informationen zum Autor Marlowe A. Miller is Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Klappentext Flourishing during the first 2 decades of the 20th century, British Modernism gave birth to some of the world's most influential literary works. Written expressly for high school students and general readers, this book succinctly yet thoughtfully discusses 7 masterpieces of British Modernism. Included are chapters on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, E.M. Forster's Howards End, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love, T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Wasteland, and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Each chapter provides biographical information; a plot summary; an analysis of themes, style, symbols, and characters; and a discussion of the work's historical and cultural contexts. An introductory essay surveys and defines Modernism, and a bibliography cites works for further reading. Zusammenfassung Flourishing during the first 2 decades of the 20th century! British Modernism gave birth to some of the world's most influential literary works. An introductory essay surveys and defines Modernism! and a bibliography cites works for further reading. Included are chapters on: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness E.M. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899) 2 E. M. Forster, Howards End (1910) 3 James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) 4 D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love (1919) 5 T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1917) and The Waste Land (1922) 6 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (1925) Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marlowe Miller, Marlowe A. Miller, Miller Marlowe A.
• Verlag: Abc Clio Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.08.2006
• EAN: 9780313332630
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33263-0
• Seiten: 191
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces; Greenwood Introduces Literary; Greenwood Introduces Literary; Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, The arts, Literary studies: general