{"product_id":"out-of-character-9780804789141","title":"Out of Character","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at the unpredictable literary characters created by modernist writers Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot to understand what the fluid, vitalist models of psychology that inspired their creations can teach us about how to live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]he remarkable thing about Omri Moses's \u003ci\u003eOut of Character\u003c\/i\u003e is that it manages to grab hold of literary modernism without crushing its special vitality, preserving the movement's open-endedness while nevertheless teasing out some broader conclusions. The result is a sensitive and illuminating book that chronicles the efforts of Henry James, Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, and other like-minded authors to reject the old moral certainties without abandoning all hope of shared ethical discovery.\" -- Angus Fletcher * \u003ci\u003eThe American Journal of Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOut of Character: Modernism, Vitalism, Psychic Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense analysis about how fictitious characters are used to create literary art . . . Thought-provoking and erudite, \u003ci\u003eOut of Character\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome contribution to college library literary studies shelves.\" -- \u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Moses] successfully unites these authors' works, showing how they respectively reinvent the very definition of character. The end result shows how James, Stein, and Eliot were influenced by vitalism to create a more realistic unpredictability of their characters than their contemporaries. Moses certainly adds to the knowledge of the modernist period by giving a new perspective to the advances of its writers . . . Recommended.\" -- M. DelloBuono * \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Omri Moses's \u003ci\u003eOut of Character\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most intelligent, subtle, and consistently rewarding books I have read in some time. Through artful, well-researched, and often astonishing readings of the work of three canonical modernist writers (Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T.S. Eliot) and the forms of philosophical vitalism inspiriting their work, Moses produces a smart, highly original account of the ethics of character in literary modernism.\" -- Justus Nieland * Michigan State University *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405615079767,"sku":"9780804789141","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804789141.jpg?v=1730493005","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/out-of-character-9780804789141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}