Making History New: Modernism and Historical Narrative

by Seamus O'Malley

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Guided by Ezra Pound's dictum --"Make it new"--a generation of writers set out to create fiction and poetry that was unlike anything that came before it. However, as Seamus O'Malley shows, historical narrative was a key site for modernist experimentation. Taking three of literary modernism's major figures--Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and Rebecca West--Making History New demonstrates how the movement's literature not only engaged with history but...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199364230

ISBN13:9780199364237

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:OUP Us

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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