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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451542403321

Autore

Berman Ronald

Titolo

Modernity and progress [[electronic resource] ] : Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell / / Ronald Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8173-8014-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Disciplina

813/.5209

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries

Literature and history - English-speaking countries

Progress in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-120) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fitzgerald and the geography of progress -- Hemingway and "the new America" -- Fitzgerald : time, continuity, relativity -- Hemingway and the authority of thought -- Recurrence in Hemingway and CeĢzanne -- Orwell : the future of progress.

Sommario/riassunto

Breaks new critical ground by exploring philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures.  In the 1920's and '30's, understandings of time, place, and civilization were subjected to a barrage of new conceptions. Ronald Berman probes the work of three writers who wrestled with one or more of these issues in ways of lasting significance.Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Orwell all grappled with fluid notions of time: Hemingway's absolute present, Fitzgerald'