Modernist commitments : ethics, politics, and transnational modernism

Modernist commitments : ethics, politics, and transnational modernism / Jessica Berman.

Berman argues that modernist narrative bridges the gap between ethics and politics, connecting ethical attitudes and responsibilities to active creation of political relationships and the way we imagine justice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berman, Jessica Schiff, 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Series:	Ebook Central purchased. Modernist latitudes.
Subjects:	Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism. Modernism (Literature) > History and criticism. Politics and literature > History > 20th century. Literature and society > History > 20th century. PREPAID; NOT YET RECEIVED Electronic resources (E-books) Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: imagining justice
pt. 1
Intimate and global: ethical domains from Woolf to Rhys
Comparative colonialisms: Joyce, Anand, and the question of engagement
pt. 2
Modernism in the Zenana: the domestic spaces of Sorabji, Hussain, and Ishvani
Commitment and the scene of war: Max Aub and Spanish Civil War writing
Arising from the cornlands: the working-class voices of Conroy and le Sueur.