Edition |
[1st ed.] |
Description |
x, 326 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
pt. 1. Culture of modernism -- Beliefs of the masters -- Martin de gard: the novelty of goodness -- CĂ©line: the sod beneath the skin -- Fiction of antiutopia -- I.B. Singer: false messiahs and modern sensibility -- pt. 2. Anarchy and authority in American literature -- Henry James and the American scene -- Edith Wharton: convention and the demons of modernism -- Dreiser: the springs of desire -- Quest for moral style -- Black boys and native sons -- Mass society and postmodern fiction -- pt. 3. New York intellectuals. |
Form |
Also issued online. |
Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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