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Modernism and the ordinary
This study overturns conventional accounts of the modernist period as primarily drawn toward the new, the transcendent, and the extraordinary. Liesl Olson shows how modernist writers were preoccupied, instead, with the unselfconscious actions of everyday life, even in times of political crisis and w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view full text |
| Summary: | This study overturns conventional accounts of the modernist period as primarily drawn toward the new, the transcendent, and the extraordinary. Liesl Olson shows how modernist writers were preoccupied, instead, with the unselfconscious actions of everyday life, even in times of political crisis and war. |
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| Item Description: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 200 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199867639 (ebook) : |