Modernism - Literary Movements, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Psychology & Literature
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Overview
In close readings of six major modernist writers, among them Willa Cather, Wallace Stevens, and Vladimir Nabokov, Jessica R. Feldman traces the significance of the dandy, not just as historical figure and fictional character but also as authorial presence and rhetorical mode. She shows that dandies, far from being foppish and shallow male figures, are women and men who personify the major conflicts within modernism.
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Taking issue with a substantial body of criticism predicated upon the differences between men and women, Feldman reinterprets modernism. She traces the influence of the dandy, as depicted by the 19th-century French writers Theophile Gautier, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and Charles Baudelaire, on the work of the three 20th-century writers, Willa Cather, Wallace Stevens, and Vladimir Nabokov. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 26, 1993
Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1993.
Pages
312
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780801480676