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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Olson, Liesl
Formato: eBook
Idioma:English
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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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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Descrición Física:1 online resource (xiii, 200 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199867639 (ebook) :