| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Post-Enlightenment Modernism and the experience of time; ENLIGHTENMENT TEMPORALITY; POST-ENLIGHTENMENT TEMPORALITY; HISTORY, EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTANDING; ANALOGIES OF COMPREHENSION; TIME AND ETHER; MULTIPLYING REASON: THE LOGIC OF ABUNDANCE; MULTIPLYING VALUE: THE TEMPORAL ECONOMY OF CHOICE; MULTIPLYING EXPERIENCE: THE ANSWERABILITY OF ART; THE DIALECTIC OF ABUNDANCE AND POVERTY; THE TIME OF MODERNISM; CHAPTER 1 The Enlightenment, abundance, and postmodernity. |
| Summary |
Modernism and Time offers a powerful reassessment of the politics and culture of modernism across a broad range of disciplines. Ronald Schleifer examines changing conceptions of temporality in post-Enlightenment thought and engages with the work of writers and thinkers as diverse as George Eliot, Walter Benjamin, Einstein and Russell. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Modernism (Literature)
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Consumption (Economics) -- History -- 20th century.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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History. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- History -- 19th century.
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Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
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Civilization, Modern. |
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Civilization, Modern -- 19th century.
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Literature and history.
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Literature and history. |
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Literature and science.
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Literature and science. |
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Time in literature.
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Time in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schleifer, Ronald. Modernism and time. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521661242 (DLC) 99029139 (OCoLC)41326686 |
| ISBN |
0511018037 (electronic book) |
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9780511018039 (electronic book) |
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051104867X |
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9780511048678 |
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0511117981 (electronic book) |
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9780511117985 (electronic book) |
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9780521661249 (hardback) |
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0521661242 (hardback) |
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9780511485299 (electronic book) |
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0511485298 (electronic book) |
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