Race, nationalism and the state in British and American modernism /

Chu examines works by T.S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Zora Neale Hurston and others, to explore how modernists perceived their work and their identities in relation to state power. This book offers a powerful critique of key themes for scholars of modernism, American literature and twentieth-centur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chu, Patricia E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006
Temas:
1900-1999
Race in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Nationalism in literature.
State, The, in literature.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Race dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Nationalisme dans la littérature.
État dans la littérature.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
English literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Great Britain.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • White zombies in the state machinery
  • Set in authority: white rulers and white settlers
  • Soldiers and traitors: Rebecca West, the world wars and the state subject
  • White turkeys, white weddings: the state and the south
  • Modernist (pre)occupations: Haiti, primitivism and anti-colonial nationalism

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