What was literary impressionism? /

The most famous statement associated with the idea of literary impressionism is Joseph Conrad's from the Preface to The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (1897): "My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make to feel - it is, before...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fried, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Impressionism in literature.
Visual perception in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Impressionnisme (Littérature)
Perception visuelle dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American literature.
English literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Starting out from Stephen Crane
  • Almayer's face
  • Invisible writing
  • Ford's impressionism
  • Some impressionist (and non-impressionist) faces
  • "A blankness to run at and dash your head against"
  • Maps, charts, and mist
  • The writing of revolution
  • Versions of regression
  • How literary impressionism ended
  • Coda: Four modernists.

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