
The Twentieth Century
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 16. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-84966-621-3 (ISBN)
Description
The third volume in the Reading and Studying Literature series, co-published with the Open University, introduces students to modernism and to the globalisation of English in the twentieth century. Each period is discussed in terms of an overarching theme, providing a clear focus for study and discussion and introducing readers to an important theoretical concept in literary studies.
This text offers a unique approach to modernism and the globalisation of English in the 20th century. It introduces modernism through depictions of the city from James Joyce, Fritz Lang's Metropolis and various New York writers. Section two looks at migration and memory in Sam Selvon, Elizabeth Bishop, Brian Friel and W. G. Sebald. The theoretical concept for this part of the series is 'literatures'.
This text offers a unique approach to modernism and the globalisation of English in the 20th century. It introduces modernism through depictions of the city from James Joyce, Fritz Lang's Metropolis and various New York writers. Section two looks at migration and memory in Sam Selvon, Elizabeth Bishop, Brian Friel and W. G. Sebald. The theoretical concept for this part of the series is 'literatures'.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
795 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84966-621-3 (9781849666213)
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Persons
Sara Haslam is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Open University and Deputy Chair of the Open University course Reading and Studying Literature, on which this book is based.
Sue Asbee is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Open University.
Sue Asbee is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Open University.
Content
Part One: Twentieth century cities:
James Joyce, Dubliners (1914)
Fritz Lang (dir.), Metropolis (1927)
New York
Part Two: Migration and memory:
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (1956)
Elizabeth Bishop
Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa (1990)
W.G. Sebald, The Emigrants (1993)
James Joyce, Dubliners (1914)
Fritz Lang (dir.), Metropolis (1927)
New York
Part Two: Migration and memory:
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (1956)
Elizabeth Bishop
Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa (1990)
W.G. Sebald, The Emigrants (1993)