Violence and modernism: Ibsen, Joyce, and Woolf
"A unique and important book. Our understanding of literary modernism, which we think we know so well, is transformed by these analyses of the anthropological insights that it holds for readers."--Andrew J. McKenna, Loyola University Employing Northrop Frye and René Girard as his theoretic...
| Summary: | "A unique and important book. Our understanding of literary modernism, which we think we know so well, is transformed by these analyses of the anthropological insights that it holds for readers."--Andrew J. McKenna, Loyola University Employing Northrop Frye and René Girard as his theoretical foundation, Johnsen reinterprets the works of three canonical modernists--Ibsen, Joyce, and Woolf--to argue for their commitment to analyzing collective violence as a defining motive in literary modernism |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (186 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-2665-7 |
