{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-modernism-loss-and-mourning-in-the-twentieth-century-paperback-9780521182461","title":"The Persistence of Modernism; Loss and Mourning in the Twentieth Century (Paperback) 9780521182461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Persistence of Modernism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLoss and Mourning in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the persistence of modernism into the twenty-first century, and argues for its continued relevance in relation to contemporary traumas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMadelyn Detloff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521182461, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… Detloff's book deserves enormous praise for the immense ground that it covers. The Persistence of Modernism performs valuable work within the field of literature while also adding to film and trauma studies.' Woolf Studies Annual\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eModernism is commonly perceived as a response to the cataclysmic events of the early twentieth century. To what extent then can we explain its continued persistence? Madelyn Detloff argues for modernism's relevance to our own age, a time of escalating loss, retribution and desire. Some of the social formations that inspired modernist cultural production - xenophobic nationalism and imperial hubris - are still with us. Writers such as Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein, who saw themselves as outsiders with a precarious sense of belonging to their dominant culture, are, Detloff claims, still able to give us insight into our contemporary narratives of loss, recovery, memory and nation. Detloff extends her conceptualisation to include current writers like Pat Barker and Hanif Kureshi, who have taken up the modernist thread in their own work; the result is an ambitious study that will appeal to all students and scholars of modernism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: 'The captivating spell of the past'\u003cbr\u003e Part I. War, Time, Trauma: 1. Woolf's resilience\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stein's shame\u003cbr\u003e 3. H. D.'s wars\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Modernist Patch: 4. Pictures, arguments, and empathy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The promise and peril of metic intimacy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Orpheus, AIDS, and The Hours\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: towards a survivable public mourning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005914435864,"sku":"9780521182461","price":36.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521182461i_e1a4210e-7b5c-42b8-80c8-6498e5cb20e3.jpg?v=1691373319","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-persistence-of-modernism-loss-and-mourning-in-the-twentieth-century-paperback-9780521182461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}