The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

by Thomas S Davis and Thomas S. Davis

Book Overview

In 1935, the English writer Stephen Spender wrote that the historical pressures of his era should "turn the reader's and writer's attention outwards from himself to the world." Combining historical, formalist, and archival approaches, Thomas S. Davis examines late modernism's decisive turn toward everyday life, locating in the heightened scrutiny of details, textures, and experiences an intimate attempt to conceptualize geopolitical disorder.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231169434
• ISBN13: 9780231169431
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"