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

• Autore: Berman Ronald
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (134 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.5209
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries; Literature and history - English-speaking countries; Progress in literature
• 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 Cézanne -- 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'
• Titolo autorizzato: Modernity and progress
• ISBN: 0-8173-8014-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778239303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II