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At the violet hour : modernism and violence in England and Ireland /

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'At The Violet Hour' offers a richly historicised, trenchant look at the interlocking of literature with violence in British and Irish modernist texts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Sarah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Series:Modernist literature & culture.
Subjects:
Violence in literature.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Violence dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Irish authors
Modernism (Literature)
Violence in literature
Great Britain
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Enchanted and disenchanted violence
  • Dynamite violence: from melodrama to menace
  • Cyclical violence: the Irish Insurrection and the limits of enchantment
  • Patterns of violence: Virginia Woolf in the 1930's.