Reading 1922 : a return to the scene of the modern

North, Michael 1951- (Author).

Summary: This engaging study returns to a truly remarkable year, the year in which both Ulysses and The Waste Land were published, in which The Great Gatsby was set, and during which the Fascisti took over in Italy, the Irish Free State was born, the Harlem Renaissance reached its peak, CharlieChaplin's popularity crested, and King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered. In short, the year which not only in hindsight became the primal scene of literary modernism but which served as the cradle for a host of major political and aesthetic transformations resonating around the globe. In his previous study, the.

Record details

ISBN: 019534409X
ISBN: 9780195344097
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 269 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: 1999.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction; Chapter 1 Translation, Mistranslation, and the Tractatus; Chapter 2 The Public Unconscious; Chapter 3 Tourists in the Age of the World Picture; Chapter 4 Across the Great Divide; Chapter 5 All Nice Wives Are Like That; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.