Violence and Modernism Ibsen, Joyce, and Woolf |
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| Author:
| Johnsen, William A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-2665-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Employing Northrop Frye and Rene Girard as his theoretical foundation, William Johnsen reinterprets the work of three canonical modernists - Ibsen, Joyce and Woolf. He argues for their commitment to analysing collective violence as a defining motive in literary modernism.
Employing Northrop Frye and Rene Girard as his theoretical foundation, William Johnsen reinterprets the work of three canonical modernists - Ibsen, Joyce and Woolf. He argues for their commitment to analysing collective violence as a defining motive in literary modernism.