Reading the times : temporality and history in twentieth-century fiction /

From the Prime Meridian Conference of 1884 to the celebration of the millennium in 2000; from the fiction of Joseph Conrad to the novels of William Gibson and W.G. Sebald, Reading the Times offers fresh insight into modern narrative.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stevenson, Randall (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Time in literature.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
History in literature.
Temps dans la littérature.
Histoire dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Fiction.
Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Picnic Time, Prime Time, Story Time
  • 'All Those Figures': Joseph Conrad and the Maritimes
  • 'Wheels within Wheels': D.H. Lawrence, Industrial Time and War Time
  • Times in the Mind: Modernism in the 1920s
  • Not Like Old Times: The 1930s to Mid-Century
  • 'Time is Over': Postmodern Times
  • Conclusion: Millennial Times, Perennial Times.

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