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Book SynopsisThese 13 essays range freely over the literature of the modernist period from the turn of the century to World War II. Contributors examine less familiar worksor aspects of the workof major writers, reconsider authors not usually thought of as modernist, and explore received opinions about modernist theories.
Table of ContentsTowards Early-Modern Autobiography: The Roles of Oscar Wilde, George Moore, Edmund Gosse, and Henry Adams Jerome H. Buckley The Art of Arnold Bennett: Transmutation and Empathy in Anna of the Five Towns and Riceyman Steps Donald D. Stone William James and the Modernism of Gertrude Stein Lisa Ruddick Contrived Lives: Joyce and Lawrence Monroe Engel The Great War and Sassoon's Memory Thomas Mallon Neither Worthy Nor Capable: The War Memoirs of Graves, Blunden, and Sassoon John Hildebidle Modernism: The Case of Willa Cather Phyllis Rose Jacob's Room and Roger Fry: Two Studies in Still Life Robert Kiely Mr. Carmichael and Lily Briscoe: The Rhythm of Creativity in To The Lighthouse J. Hillis Miller Modern/ Postmodern: Eliot, Perse, Mallarme, and the Future of the Barbarians Ronald Bush Instances of Modernist Anti-Intellectualism Robert Coles Modernism in History, Modernism in Power Bruce Robbins Behind the Door of 1984: "The Worst Thing In The World" Judith Wilt
