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Setz, Cathryn

 
9781474484251: Primordial Modernism: Animals, Ideas, Transition (1927-1938)
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ISBN 10 : 1474484255 ISBN 13 : 9781474484251
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Brings ideas and animals together to shed new light on modernist magazine culture
Tests the concept of 'primordial' modernism as a tributary of primitivism, Jungian thought, and fraught nationalismsProvides readings of Eugene Jolas's creative and critical works that place him centre-stage in modernist studiesMoves between unpublished archival material, reception studies, and readings of overlooked authorsConsiders a wide range of modernist authors and artists as befitting to such a rich documentTouches on contemporary scientific discourse as an aspect of animal studies
This adventurous study focuses on experimental animal writing in the major interwar journal transition (1927-1938), which contains a striking recurrence of metaphors around the most basic forms of life. Amoebas, fish, lizards, birds - some of the 'lowest' and 'oldest' creatures on earth often emerge at the very places authors seek expressions for the 'newest' and the 'highest' in art. Discussing works by James Joyce, Henry Miller, Gottfried Benn, Eugene Jolas, Kay Boyle, Bryher, Paul Éluard and more, Cathryn Setz investigates this paradox and provides a new understanding of transition's contribution to twentieth-century periodical culture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Cathryn Setz is an Associate Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. Her work explores the junctions between modernist magazine culture and popular science, specifically around the 'Eclipse of Darwinism', 'bad' biology in 1920s America, and literary resistance to scientific racism. She is also Co-Editor of Shattered Objects: Djuna Barnes's Modernism (Penn State University Press, 2019), and a collaborative Selected Letters of Djuna Barnes project.

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Éditeur
Edinburgh University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1474484255
ISBN 13 
9781474484251
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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