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Nomadic modernisms and diasporic journeys of Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles : "two very serious ladies" /
This book traces the artistic trajectories of Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, examining their literary representations of the nomadic ethic pervading the twentieth-century expatriate movements in and out of America. The book argues that these authors contribute to the nomadic aesthetic of American mod...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Literary Modernism Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Nomadic Modernisms and Diasporic Journeys of Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles: "Two Very Serious Ladies"; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: "Mobility, the Quest for the Sublime": Nomadic Modernisms, Aesthetic Travels, and Diasporic Journeys; Part 1: Renegade Aesthetics of Djuna Barnes; Introduction to Part 1; 2 Short Stories and Renegade "Night Woods"; 3 The Landless Race of Ryder and the Ryder Aesthetes: Mock Almanacs of Experimentation and Intermediality; 4 "The Pastures in Which the Night Feeds": The Heart Politics and the Music of Holy(Night)Wood.
- 5 Métachorie as Decomposition Illustrated: The Dance of Aesthetic Synthesis in Barnes's Journalism, Poetry, and One-Act Plays6 "There's Nothing like Destruction for an Aim": The Antiphon's Theatre of Ideas or State Politics?; Part 2: Nomadic Topographies of Jane Bowles; Introduction to Part 2; 7 Tawdry Nomadographies and Transcultural Frontiers: Two Serious Ladies and the Politics of Nomadism; 8 Short Stories and the Vendetta of Nomadic Politics; 9 Theatre of Pastoral Cruelty; 10 Conclusion: "Two Very Serious Ladies" and Their Journeys; Works Cited; Index.