| Excavating Modernity: Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930 Contributor(s): Dobson, Eleanor (Editor), Banks, Gemma (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138317764 ISBN-13: 9781138317765 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Civilization - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.911 |
| LCCN: 2018016211 |
| Series: Studies for the International Society for Cultural History |
| Physical Information: 182 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a painting, photograph or projected light, to the comprehension of the palimpsestic complexities of language, memory and time. This collection is the first to see early twentieth-century physical, temporal and psychological strata interact across a range of canonical and popular authors, working in a variety of genres, from theatre to ghost stories, children's literature to modernist magna opera. |