Modernism and the ideology of history : literature, politics, and the past /

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Louise Williams explores the cyclical nature of historical memory in the work of five writers: Yeats, Pound, Hulme, Ford and Lawrence. Modernists, Williams argues, changed their attitude to history as a result of important conflicts within the period. This study will be essential reading for anyone...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Louise Blakeney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
1900-1999
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
History in literature.
Literature and history > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > English-speaking countries.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Histoire dans la littérature.
Littérature et histoire > Anglophonie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Anglophonie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American poetry
English literature
History in literature
Literature and history
Modernism (Literature)
English-speaking countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Immaterial pleasure houses": the initial aesthetic dilemma
  • "A more dream-heavy hour": medievalist and progressive beginnings
  • "Pedantry and hysteria": contemporary political problems
  • "A certain discipline": radical conservative solutions
  • "A particularly lively wheel": cyclic views emerge
  • "Our own image": the example of Asian and non-Western cultures
  • In "the grip of the ... vortex": the proof of post-impressionist art
  • The "cycle dance": cyclic history arrives
  • "The nightmare" and beyond: the First World War and mature cyclic theories.

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