In a Strange Room - Modernism''s Corpses and Mortal Obligation

Taking its title from Faulkner's epochal modernist novel, David Sherman's study traces the myriad ways death and its effect on the living defined modernist fiction and verse in England, Ireland, and the U.S.

Info autore

David Sherman is Assistant Professor of English at Brandeis University.

Riassunto

Taking its title from Faulkner's epochal modernist novel, David Sherman's study traces the myriad ways death and its effect on the living defined modernist fiction and verse in England, Ireland, and the U.S.

Testo aggiuntivo

an engaging study of the ways in which society's shifting relationship with death influenced the work of a wide range of writers.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sherman, David Sherman
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9780199333882
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933388-2
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Modernist Literature and Culture; Modernist Literature & Culture; Modernist Literature and Cultu
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form