Modernity and Progress: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell

by Ronald Berman

Book Overview

Breaks new critical ground by exploring philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures.

In the 1920s and '30s, understandings of time, place, and civilization were subjected to a barrage of new conceptions. Ronald Berman probes the work of three writers who wrestled with one or more of these issues in ways of lasting significance.

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Orwell all grappled with fluid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817314687
• ISBN13: 9780817314682
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"