Excavating Modernity
Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930
Nonfiction, History, Civilization, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780429847301 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780429847301 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a painting, photograph or projected light, to the comprehension of the palimpsestic complexities of language, memory and time. This collection is the first to see early twentieth-century physical, temporal and psychological strata interact across a range of canonical and popular authors, working in a variety of genres, from theatre to ghost stories, children’s literature to modernist magna opera.
This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a painting, photograph or projected light, to the comprehension of the palimpsestic complexities of language, memory and time. This collection is the first to see early twentieth-century physical, temporal and psychological strata interact across a range of canonical and popular authors, working in a variety of genres, from theatre to ghost stories, children’s literature to modernist magna opera.
