02772nam 2200661 450 991046398870332120200520144314.00-8047-9123-610.1515/9780804791236(CKB)2670000000528919(EBL)1634056(SSID)ssj0001112856(PQKBManifestationID)12414687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112856(PQKBWorkID)11163035(PQKB)10796968(StDuBDS)EDZ0000886875(MiAaPQ)EBC1634056(DE-B1597)564672(DE-B1597)9780804791236(Au-PeEL)EBL1634056(CaPaEBR)ebr10844269(OCoLC)870950649(OCoLC)1198930655(EXLCZ)99267000000052891920130922h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOut of character modernism, vitalism, psychic life /Omri MosesStanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (497 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8914-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Personhood beyond personality -- Novel interests : Henry James -- Lively habits : Gertrude Stein -- Intoning voice : T.S. Eliot -- Afterword : vital signs.""Characters"" are those fictive beings in novels whose coherent patterns of behavior make them credible as people. ""Character"" is also used to refer to the capacity-or incapacity-of individuals to sustain core principles. When characters are inconsistent, they risk coming across as dangerous or immoral, not to mention unconvincing. But what is behind our culture's esteem for unwavering consistency? Out of Character examines literary characters who defy our culture's models of personal integrity. It argues that modernist writers Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot drew iAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCharacters and characteristics in literatureVitalism in literatureModernism (Literature)United StatesElectronic books.American literatureHistory and criticism.Characters and characteristics in literature.Vitalism in literature.Modernism (Literature)809/.927Moses Omri1050516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463988703321Out of character2480356UNINA