Modernism - Literary Movements, 20th Century American Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Social Control, 20th Century Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, Society & Culture in Literature, English Fiction & Prose L
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Overview
The masterworks of modern fiction gained their status partly because their artistic imperfections were overlooked or read as strengths. Exploring the flawed, unfinished, and circumscribed qualities of fiction by five modernist writers, this study examines their struggles with artistic self-subversion. Both the critical tradition that gave rise to the reputations of Conrad, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway, and the ideological reactions against it, are based on the assumption of their monumental achievements. A reassessment of their stature counters their elitist image and places them in a more sympathetic relation with the writers of postmodernism.Editorials
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Exploring the flawed, unfinished, and circumscribed qualities of fiction by five modernist writers, Quick (English, U. of Massachusetts-Amherst) examines their struggles with artistic self- subversion. He argues that assumptions of their monumental achievements underlie the reputations of Conrad, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway, and that a reassessment of their stature returns them to the same universe as other writers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 1999
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1999.
Pages
170
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820440972