Modernism and the aesthetics of violence /

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This book addresses the subject of violence as it features in celebrated modernist works from the early twentieth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheehan, Paul, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature) > France.
Violence in literature.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Modernisme (Littérature) > France.
Violence dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Modernism (Literature)
Violence in literature
France
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: modernism's blasted history
  • Part I. Decadence Rising: The Violence of Aestheticism: 1. Revolution of the senses
  • 2. Victorian sexual aesthetics
  • 3. Culture, corruption, criminality
  • 4. A malady of dreaming: The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Part II. Modernism's Breach: The Violence of Aesthetics: 5. Prologue: transgression displaced
  • 6. No dreaming pale flowers
  • 7. Modernist sexual politics
  • 8. Maximum energy (like a hurricane)
  • 9. Forbidden planet: Heart of Darkness
  • Epilogue: traumas of the world
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.

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