Title Refiguring modernism. Vol. 2 / Bonnie Kime Scott

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations Summary A revisionist study of modernism, which draws on close analysis of the strategic writing processes of Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West, and Djuna Barnes to show how each writer negotiated modernist questions of enduring importance to postmodern readers. It closes with a consideration of the ends of modernism, assessing the volatile politics of 1939. In volume two of her revisionist study of modernism, Bonnie Kime Scott draws on close analysis of the strategic writing processes of Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West, and Djuna Barnes to show how each writer negotiated modernist questions of enduring importance to postmodern readers. Woolf's rapture with language, Barnes' bestiaries, and West's polemicism help us address questions of logocentrism, essentialism, and the prevalence of binary logic in Western thought. The positioning of Woolf with two other female modernists provides a network of comparison that has been denied in her solo admission to the male canon. Scott closes with a consideration of the ends of modernism, assessing the volatile politics of 1939. While many celebrated male modernists flirted with fascism or tried to shore up against ruin, Woolf, West, and Barnes exposed the fragility of cultural scaffoldings and pointed to the mental resources needed for cultural renewal Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation West, Rebecca, 1892-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation Barnes, Djuna -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Barnes, Djuna fast West, Rebecca, 1892-1983 fast Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 fast Subject English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Modernism (Literature) -- United States LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English fiction Feminism and literature Modernism (Literature) Women and literature Great Britain United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585021554 9780585021553

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