Violence in early modernist fiction : The Secret Agent, Tarr and Women in Love / / Izabela Curyo-Klag

• Autore: Curyo-Klag I (Izabela)
• Pubblicazione: Krakow, : Jagiellonian University Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 823/.914093552
• Soggetto topico: Violence in literature; Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain; English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
• Note generali: "The publication of this volume was supported by the Faculty of Philology of the Jagiellonian University".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I. Modernist Consciousness of Crisisand the Emer gent Violence Mythos; Modernism as Sacrificial Crisis; The Secret Agent, Tarr and Women in Love; Mimetic Rivalries and Con tagion of Violence; The Violence My thos of Modernism; Review of Critic al Approaches to Violence and Modernism; Chapter II. Ticking Towards Disaster-Violenceas "The Enemy Within" in Conrad's The Secret Agent; England must be brought into line; Madness alone is truly terrifying; Blood alone puts a seal on greatness; She was not a submissiv e creature ; Simple ferocity of the age of cavernsChapter III. "All Personality Was Catching"-Mimetic Rivalryand the Con tagion of Violence in Tarr; Doomed, evidently; All in order for unbounded in flammation; A thirst for action; She had lain in wait for him; The bubonic plague; Not a duel but a brawl; Only a game, too; Chapter IV. Humanity in a Cul-de-sac: Women in Loveas an Epic of Sacrificial Crisis; An omen of universal dissolution; Mutual hellish recognition; A lurking desir e to have gizzard slit; Conclusion; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This study focuses on texts exploring human proclivity to violent behaviour. Building on the anthropological insights of René Girard, and on the premise that literature is a reflection of a cultural moment, Curyłło-Klag shows how early modernism registers symptoms of crisis which even the outbreak of World War I failed to resolve. Arranged in chronological order, the works of Conrad, Lewis and Lawrence reveal an unfolding pattern and form a triptych, indicative of the growing intensity of the epoch in which they were produced.
• Titolo autorizzato: Violence in early modernist fiction
• ISBN: 83-233-8000-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824574803321
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