Modernism and the ordinary

Modernism and the ordinary / Liesl Olson.

This study overturns conventional accounts of the modernist period as primarily drawn toward the new, the transcendent, and the extraordinary. Liesl Olson shows how modernist writers were preoccupied, instead, with the unselfconscious actions of everyday life, even in times of political crisis and w...

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Main Author: Olson, Liesl
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Modernism (Literature)
Realism in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature, Modern
Realism in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This study overturns conventional accounts of the modernist period as primarily drawn toward the new, the transcendent, and the extraordinary. Liesl Olson shows how modernist writers were preoccupied, instead, with the unselfconscious actions of everyday life, even in times of political crisis and war.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195368126
9780195368123
9780199709724
0199709726
9780199867639
0199867631
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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