Modernist Melancholia
Author | : Anne Enderwitz |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2015-07-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137444325 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137444320 |
Rating | : 4/5 (320 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Modernist Melancholia by : Anne Enderwitz
Download or read book Modernist Melancholia written by Anne Enderwitz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernist Melancholia explores modernism's melancholic roots through the detailed discussion of writings by Freud, Conrad and Ford. Melancholia ties modernism to the 19th-century obsession with loss and continuity and, at the same time, constitutes a formative moment in the history of 20th-century literature, modern subjectivity and critical theory