Improper Modernism: Djuna Barnes's Bewildering Corpus

ISBN-13: 9780754652007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 304 str.

Daniela Caselli

Opis

By examining Djuna Barnes' work, this title raises questions about biography and feminist criticism, identity and authority, and modernist canon formation. It shows how throughout Barnes' corpus the repetition of texts forces us to rethink the relationship

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: black capes and red herrings; The unreadable pleasures of Ladies Almanack; Obscure, ungrammatical, sincere poetry: Barnes's posthumous modernism; Dangerous children: the short stories; Nightwood: darkness visible; Anatomies of revenge: Ryder and The Antiphon; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Daniela Caselli is senior lecturer in twentieth-century literature and culture in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK.