Modernist Short Story - A Study in Theory and Practice

Klappentext Dominic Head shows that the short story was a central site for modernist innovation. Zusammenfassung The modernist period saw a revolution in fictional practice! most famously in the work of novelists such as Joyce and Woolf. Dominic Head shows that the short story! with its particular stress on literary artifice! was a central site for modernist innovation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The short story: theories and definitions; 2. James Joyce: the non-epiphany principle; 3. Virginia Woolf: experiments in genre; 4. Katherine Mansfield: the impersonal short story; 5. Wyndham Lewis: the Vorticist short story; 6. Malcolm Lowry: expanding circles; 7. Conclusion: contemporary issues; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Dominic Head, Head Dominic
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521104210
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10421-0
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000