02848nam 2200673 a 450 991082759520332120200520144314.00-8173-8014-0(CKB)1000000000483476(EBL)438152(OCoLC)290537307(SSID)ssj0000282035(PQKBManifestationID)11193356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282035(PQKBWorkID)10326489(PQKB)10191487(SSID)ssj0000204646(PQKBManifestationID)11175477(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204646(PQKBWorkID)10188822(PQKB)10574694(MdBmJHUP)muse8918(Au-PeEL)EBL438152(CaPaEBR)ebr10218362(MiAaPQ)EBC438152(PPN)234306297(EXLCZ)99100000000048347620041221d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrModernity and progress[electronic resource] Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell /Ronald BermanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (134 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5430-1 0-8173-1468-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-120) and index.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.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'American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismModernism (Literature)English-speaking countriesLiterature and historyEnglish-speaking countriesProgress in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Modernism (Literature)Literature and historyProgress in literature.813/.5209Berman Ronald107565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827595203321Modernity and progress4076514UNINA