The modernist novel and the decline of empire /

John Marx argues that the early twentieth century was a key moment in the emergence of modern globalization, not simply a period of imperial decline. Rather than mapping the Empire's end, modernists including Conrad and Woolf celebrated the shared culture of English rather than the waning imper...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marx, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Modernism (Literature)
Imperialism in literature.
Arts and globalization.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Arts et mondialisation.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Arts and globalization
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Englisch
Entkolonialisierung > Motiv
Imperialismus > Motiv
Moderne
Roman
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the decline of Britain and the rise of England
  • 1. Conrad's gout
  • 2. Sentimental administration
  • 3. Gender, aesthetics, and colonial expertise
  • 4. The domestic life of primitivism
  • 5. Local authority after empire.

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