Language and Negativity in European Modernism

by Shane Weller

This book charts the history of a distinct strain of European literary modernism that emerged out of a radical re-engagement with late nineteenth-century language scepticism. Focusing first on the literary and philosophical strands of this language-sceptical tradition, the book proceeds to trace the various forms of linguistic negativism deployed by European writers in the interwar and post-war years, including Franz Kafka, Georges Bataille, Samuel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108475027
• ISBN13: 9781108475020
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"