Description |
1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Empire Is Written; Chapter 2: "A Very Fine Negress"; Chapter 3: Britannia Rules The Waves; Chapter 4: Laughing at Leviticus: Nightwood as Woman's Circus Epic; Chapter 5: Bonding and Bondage: Nancy Cunard and The Making of The Negro Anthology; Chapter 6: Laying Down the White Woman's Burden: Michael Arlen's The Green Hat and Mulk Raj Anand's Coolie; Coda: How to Recognize a Public Intellectual; Notes; Index; About the Author |
Summary |
In this book, one of modernism's most insightful critics, Jane Marcus, examines the writings of novelists such as Virginia Woolf, Nancy Cunard, Mulk Raj Anand, and Djuna Barnes-artists whose work coincided with the end of empire and the rise of fascism before the Second World War. All these writers delved into the "dark hearts" of imperialism and totalitarianism, thus tackling some of the most complex cultural issues of the day. Marcus investigates previously unrecognized ways in which social and political tensions are embodied by their works. The centerpiece of the book is M |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Barnes, Djuna. Nightwood.
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Waves.
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Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965 fast |
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Cunard, Nancy. swd |
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Arlen, Michael. swd |
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Anand, Mulk Raj. swd |
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Woolf, Virginia. swd |
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Barnes, Djuna. swd |
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Nightwood (Barnes, Djuna) fast |
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Waves (Woolf, Virginia) fast |
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Wellen Film 2005 gnd |
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Coolie. swd |
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Nightwood. swd |
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Sociology in literature.
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Women, White -- Attitudes
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Race in literature.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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American fiction -- Women authors
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English fiction
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English fiction -- Women authors
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Postcolonialism in literature
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Race in literature
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Sociology in literature
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Englisch
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Literatur
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Rasse Motiv
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Weibliche Weiße
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Rassenfrage Motiv
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Fictie.
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Engels.
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Amerikaans.
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Postkolonialisme.
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Vrouwelijke auteurs.
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Blanken.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780813542515 |
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0813542510 |
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9780813529639 |
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0813529638 |
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1283591960 |
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9781283591966 |
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9786613904416 |
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6613904414 |
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