Title The nets of modernism : Henry James, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and Sigmund Freud / Maud Ellmann

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) Contents Introduction: What hole? -- The modernist rat -- Strandentwining cables: Henry James's The Ambassadors -- The Woolf woman -- The darkened blind: Joyce, Gide, Larsen, and the modernist short story -- The name and the scar: identity in The Odyssey and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- Skinscapes in Ulysses Summary "One of the finest literary critics of her generation, Maud Ellmann synthesises her work on modernism, psychoanalysis and Irish literature in this important new book. In sinuous readings of Henry James, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, she examines the interconnections between developing technological networks in modernity and the structures of modernist fiction, linking both to Freudian psychoanalysis. The Nets of Modernism examines the significance of images of bodily violation and exchange - scar, bite, wound, and their psychic equivalents - showing how these images correspond to 'vampirism' and related obsessions in early twentieth-century culture. Subtle, original and a pleasure to read, this book offers a new perspective on the inter-implications of Freudian psychoanalysis and Anglophone modernism that will influence the field for years to come"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Influence SUBJECT Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 fast James, Henry, 1843-1916 fast Joyce, James, 1882-1941 fast Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 fast Subject English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain Psychoanalysis and literature. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Psychological fiction -- History and criticism Modernism (Literature) LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. American fiction English fiction Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Modernism (Literature) Psychoanalysis and literature Psychological fiction Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511860560 0511860560 9780511780714 0511780710 0511858825 9780511858826

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