Cosmic Time of Empire - Modern Britain and World Literature

Zusatztext "A major contribution to postcolonial and modernist studies. . . .  The Cosmic Time of Empire stands as an ambitious! rewarding discussion." Informationen zum Autor Adam Barrows is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University in Ontario! Canada. Zusammenfassung Takes a provocative look at the creation of world standard time in 1884 and rethinks the significance of this remarkable moment in modernism for both the processes of imperialism and for literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Modernism and the Politics of Time 1. Standard Time! Greenwich! and the Cosmopolitan Clock 2. "Turning from the shadows that follow us": Modernist Time and the Politics of Place 3. At the Limits of Imperial Time; or! Dracula Must Die! 4. "The Shortcomings of Timetables": Greenwich! Modernism! and the Limits of Modernity 5. "A Few Hours Wrong": Standard Time and Indian Literature in English Conclusion: A Postmodern Politics of Time? Negri's "Global Phenomenological Fabric" and Amis's Backward Arrow Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Adam Barrows, Barrows Adam
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2010
• EAN: 9780520260993
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26099-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Flashpoints
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000