{"product_id":"modernist-time-ecology-9781421426990","title":"Modernist Time Ecology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new view of the way modernist fiction writers tried to solve the problem of time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo our fictions transform time? Do they cultivate the temporal environment? Such was the hopeor the fantasyat work in many modernist novels for which time was not only the major subject but also an object of reparative aspiration. Aimed at a kind of stewardship of time, these fictions constitute a practice of modernist time ecology: an effort to restore those landscapes of time that have been thrown into crisis by modernity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eModernist Time Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, Jesse Matz redefines temporal experimentation in central writers like Proust, Mann, Woolf, Ellison, and Cather, who developed literary forms to cultivate, restore, and enrich the temporal environment. He brings fresh attention to others who best exemplify this ecological motive, arguing that E. M. Forster, J. B. Priestley, and V. S. Naipaul are leading figures in this practice of temporal redress. Matz also reveals how contemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction           \u003cbr\u003eChapter One. The Art of Time, Theory to Practice  \u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. Modernist Time Ecology\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. Bergson, Bakhtin, and the Ecological Chronotope \u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. Timescapes of Modernist Fiction\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e in Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. J. B. Priestley in the Theater of Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven. Naipaul's Changing Times\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight. Time Ecology Today\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine. Film-Time Ecology\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten. The Queer Prospect \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866938159447,"sku":"9781421426990","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421426990.jpg?v=1722280991","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modernist-time-ecology-9781421426990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}