In a strange room : modernism's corpses and mortal obligation /

Sherman investigates modernism's corpses and the ethical demands they make on the living. His readings of poetry and fiction by a range of authors return to fundamental questions about modernism's ability to reconstruct the symbolic locations of the dead and to rearticulate for modern cons...

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Main Author: Sherman, David, 1971- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Modernist literature & culture ; 23.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Sherman investigates modernism's corpses and the ethical demands they make on the living. His readings of poetry and fiction by a range of authors return to fundamental questions about modernism's ability to reconstruct the symbolic locations of the dead and to rearticulate for modern consciousness one's obligations to another's dying and dead body.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199366026
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