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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145804503321

Autore

Haslam Sara

Titolo

Fragmenting modernism : Ford Madox Ford, the novel, and the Great War / / Sara Haslam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018]

©2002

ISBN

1-5261-3737-2

1-84779-540-4

1-78170-009-5

1-280-70456-X

9786610704569

1-84779-013-5

1-4175-6931-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain

War stories, English - History and criticism

World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biography-in-brief of Ford Madox Ford -- Introduction -- 1. The narrative push -- 2. Novel perspectives -- 3. Personal perspectives -- 4. In sight of war -- 5. Imaginative visions -- 6. Visions in colour; religious visions -- 7. 'These fragments I have shored against my ruins' -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

As a hero of the modernist literary revolution, Madox Ford is a fascinating figure of the time. Haslam explores continuity and crisis in artistic life during the early 20th century through a study of Ford's work and life, highlighting throughout the multi-faceted nature of modernism.