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'Blasphemous Modernism' argues that blasphemy is a signal mode of modernist literary expression. Reading a diverse range of poets (Mina Loy, Langston Hughes) and novelists (James Joyce, Djuna Barnes, Salman Rushdie), Pinkerton shows how these writers forged the literature of modernism from...

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Main Author: Pinkerton, Steve, 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Modernist literature & culture.
Subjects:
Modernism (Literature)
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Modernisme (Littérature)
Modernisme (Esthétique)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Blasphemous Modernism' argues that blasphemy is a signal mode of modernist literary expression. Reading a diverse range of poets (Mina Loy, Langston Hughes) and novelists (James Joyce, Djuna Barnes, Salman Rushdie), Pinkerton shows how these writers forged the literature of modernism from the idiom of blasphemy.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190627584
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