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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Modernist literature & culture ;
23. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199366026 0199366020 9780199333899 0199333890 0199333882 9780199333882 |