The Ghosts of Modernity

by Jean-Michel Rabaté

Book Overview

"Rabat 's strength is that he does not treat modernism as a monolith. The study's originality is in its close examination of several 'key' themes in several 'key' texts, almost all of which he reads autobiographically. . . . It is the pattern of these themes as well as the psychoanalytic method that holds these essays together. The result is a fresh look not at modernism as a whole, but at some central themes and images of the modernists."--S. E...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813035643
• ISBN13: 9780813035642
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"