Imagining the primitive in naturalist and modernist literature / / Gina M. Rossetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824425703321
• Autore: Rossetti Gina M. <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-8262-6503-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/11
• Soggetti: American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Primitivism in literature; Modernism (Literature) - United States; Naturalism in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Imagining the Primitive in Naturalist and Modernist Literature -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Primitive as Primordial Beast -- The Primitive as the Brute Working Class -- The Primitive as the Immigrant -- The Primitive as Modernist Artist -- The Primitive as the Racial Exotic -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Examines the depiction of primitive characters in naturalist and modernist texts, focusing on works by Jack London, Frank Norris, Eugene O'Neill, Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Nella Larsen"--Provided by publisher.