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Bergson, Eliot, and American Literature

Author : Paul Douglass
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813161630
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Bergson, Eliot, and American Literature written by Paul Douglass and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, Bergson's widely acknowledged impact on American literature has never been comprehensively mapped. Author Paul Douglass explains and evaluates Bergson's meaning for American writers, beginning with Eliot and moving through Ransom, Penn Warren, and Tate to Faulkner, Wallace Stevens, Henry Miller, William Carlos Williams, and others. It will be a standard point of reference. Bergson was the continental philosopher of the early 1900s, a celebrity, as Sartre would later be. Profoundly influential throughout Europe, and widely discussed in England and America in the Teens, Twenties, and Thirties, Bergson is now rarely read. His current "obsolescence," Douglass argues, illuminates the Western shift from Modern to post- Modern. Ambitious in scope, this book remains admirably close to Bergson himself: what he said, where that fits in the historical context of philosophy, why his ideas moved across the Atlantic, and how he affected American writers. At the book's heart are readings of Eliot's criticism and poetry, analyses of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Light in August, and evaluations of Ransom's, Tate's and Penn Warren's criticism. This impressively researched and beautifully written study will remain of lasting value to students of American literature.

Bergson and American Culture

Author : Tom Quirk
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469639610
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Bergson and American Culture written by Tom Quirk and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bergsonian "vitalism" challenged the dominance of Spencerian determinism in the early twentieth century and seemed to offer a new foundation for belief in human freedom and individual possibility. Quirk traces the impact of Bergsonism upon the American sensibility and shows how individual writers -- particularly two such different artists as Willa Cather and Wallace Stevens -- appropriated vitalistic notions and made them serve the peculiar requirements of their own unique creative imaginations. Originally published in 1990. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Henri Bergson and British Modernism

Author : Mary Ann Gillies
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773514270
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Henri Bergson and British Modernism written by Mary Ann Gillies and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Ann Gillies shows that French philosopher Henri Bergson played a central role in the development of British literary modernism. While Bergson's influence on modernism has long been debated, this is the first thorough, current examination of the ways

The Early T. S. Eliot and Western Philosophy

Author : Rafey Habib
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521624336
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Early T. S. Eliot and Western Philosophy written by Rafey Habib and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of Eliot's philosophical writings, assessing their impact on his early poetry and literary criticism.

Modernist Time Ecology

Author : Jesse Matz
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421427001
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Modernist Time Ecology written by Jesse Matz and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernist Time Ecology is a deeply interdisciplinary book that changes what we think literature and the arts can do for the world at large.

American Studies

Author : Jack Salzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521365598
Total Pages : 1124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book American Studies written by Jack Salzman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-25 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume supplements the acclaimed three volume set published in 1986 and consists of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1984 and 1988. There are more than 6,000 descriptive entries in a wide range of categories: anthropology and folklore, art and architecture, history, literature, music, political science, popular culture, psychology, religion, science and technology, and sociology.

Downcast Eyes

Author : Martin Jay
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520088856
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Downcast Eyes written by Martin Jay and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered "the noblest of the senses," vision has increasingly come under critical scrutiny by a wide range of thinkers who question its dominance in Western culture. These critics of vision, especially prominent in twentieth-century France, have challenged its allegedly superior capacity to provide access to the world. They have also criticized its supposed complicity with political and social oppression through the promulgation of spectacle and surveillance. Martin Jay turns to this discourse surrounding vision and explores its often contradictory implications in the work of such influential figures as Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Louis Althusser, Guy Debord, Luce Irigaray, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida. Jay begins with a discussion of the theory of vision from Plato to Descartes, then considers its role in the French Enlightenment before turning to its status in the culture of modernity. From consideration of French Impressionism to analysis of Georges Bataille and the Surrealists, Roland Barthes's writings on photography, and the film theory of Christian Metz, Jay provides lucid and fair-minded accounts of thinkers and ideas widely known for their difficulty. His book examines the myriad links between the interrogation of vision and the pervasive antihumanist, antimodernist, and counter-enlightenment tenor of much recent French thought. Refusing, however, to defend the dominant visual order, he calls instead for a plurality of "scopic regimes." Certain to generate controversy and discussion throughout the humanities and social sciences, Downcast Eyes will consolidate Jay's reputation as one of today's premier cultural and intellectual historians.

T. S. Eliot: Mystic, Son and Lover

Author : Donald J. Childs
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472537467
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book T. S. Eliot: Mystic, Son and Lover written by Donald J. Childs and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon manuscript sources and the uncollected prose writings, as well as the published works, this is a profound exploration of Eliot's life-long preoccupation with mysticism. The author advances new readings of the familiar poems and essays through attention to Eliot's concern in poetry and prose with his roles as mystic, son and lover.

The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual

Author : John D. Morgenstern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 194295428X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual written by John D. Morgenstern and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual strives to be the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot's life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of his complete prose, the new edition of his complete poems, and the forthcoming critical edition of his plays. All critical approaches are welcome, as are essays pertaining to any aspect of Eliot's work as a poet, critic, playwright, editor, or foremost exemplar of literary modernism. John D. Morgenstern, General Editor Editorial Advisory Board: Ronald Bush, University of Oxford David Chinitz, University of Loyola, Chicago Anthony Cuda, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Robert Crawford, University of St Andrews Frances Dickey, University of Missouri John Haffenden, University of Sheffield Benjamin G. Lockerd, Grand Valley State University Gail McDonald, Goldsmiths, University of London Gabrielle McIntire, Queen's University Jahan Ramazani, University of Virginia Christopher Ricks, Boston University Ronald Schuchard, Emory University Vincent Sherry, Washington University at St. Louis

French Twentieth Bibliography

Author : Douglas W. Alden
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945636366
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book French Twentieth Bibliography written by Douglas W. Alden and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1992-04 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of bibliographical references is one of the most important tools for research in modern and contemporary French literature. No other bibliography represents the scholarly activities and publications of these fields as completely.

The Turning Word

Author : Joseph N. Riddel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812216004
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Turning Word written by Joseph N. Riddel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on literary theory and modern American literature, developing the theme of the relation of philosophy to literature and of conceptual thought to poetic form. After a chapter on Heidegger and Derrida and poetic language, essays focus on four philosopher-poet relationships: Freud and analysand/poet H.D., Hegel and Hart Crane, Bergson and Gertrude Stein, and poststructuralism and modernist-postmodern poetry, mainly Charles Olson. Paper edition (unseen), $16.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Understanding Bergson, Understanding Modernism

Author : Paul Ardoin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441188371
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Bergson, Understanding Modernism written by Paul Ardoin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri Bergson is frequently cited amongst the holy trinity of major influences on Modernism-literary and otherwise-alongside Sigmund Freud and William James. Gilles Deleuze's Bergsonism has re-popularized Bergson for the 21st century, so much so that, perhaps, our Bergson is Deleuze's Bergson. Despite renewed interest in Bergson, his influence remains understudied and consequently undervalued. While books examining the impact of Freud and James on Modernism abound, Bergson's impact, though widely acknowledged, has been closely examined much more rarely. Understanding Bergson, Understanding Modernism remedies this deficiency in three ways. First, it offers close readings and critiques of six pivotal texts. Second, it reassesses Bergson's impact on Modernism while also tracing his continuing importance to literature, media, and philosophy throughout the twentieth and into the 21st century. In its final section it provides an extended glossary of Bergsonian terms, complete with extensive examples and citations of their use across his texts. The glossary also maps the influence of Bergson's work by including entries on related writers, all of whom Bergson either corresponded with or critiqued.

T. S. Eliot, Dante, and the Idea of Europe

Author : Paul Douglass
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443830542
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book T. S. Eliot, Dante, and the Idea of Europe written by Paul Douglass and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: T. S. Eliot greatly enhanced Dante's profound influence on European literature. The essays in this volume explore Dante's importance through a focus on Eliot. Probing the questions what Eliot made of Dante, and what Dante meant to Eliot, the essays here assess the legacy of modernism by engaging its "classicist" roots, covering a wide spectrum of topics stemming from Dante's relevance to the poetry and criticism of Eliot. The essays reflect on Eliot's aesthetic, philosophical, and religious convictions in relation to Dante, his influence upon literary modernism through his embracing and championing of the Florentine, and his desire to promote European unity. The first section of the book deals with aesthetic and philosophical issues related to Eliot's engagement with Dante, beginning with Jewel Spears Brooker's masterful essay on the concepts of immediate experience and primary consciousness in Eliot's work, and moving on to essays considering his idea of a "unified sensibility," as well as Eliot's engagement with Hindu-Buddhist and Christian themes and motifs. The second part of the book focuses on Dante's importance to Eliot's founding work in the modernist movement. In what ways did Dante directly and indirectly influence the exemplary path that Eliot blazed for his contemporaries, especially Ezra Pound? How early did Dante's influence show itself in Eliot's work? Why was he unable to complete the great trilogy he seems to have sought to write, based on Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso? These questions and their answers lead to the book's final section, which considers Eliot's (and Dante's) role in the formation of a twentieth-century concept of Europe. Incisive essays on Eliot's varied sources of "tradition" in his attempt to promote the idea of a European union and his anxiety over the heritage of Romanticism are capped by a magisterial contribution from Dominic Manganiello showing precisely how Eliot's reformulation of the Dantesque "European Epic" continues to influence the work of Anglo-European and Commonwealth writers.

From Philosophy to Poetry

Author : Donald J. Childs
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567308820
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book From Philosophy to Poetry written by Donald J. Childs and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this text, Professor Child examines T.S. Eliot's relationship between his writing of poetry and his philosophical pursuits, in particular his lifelong occupation with the work of F.H. Bradley, Henri Bergson and William James. This account also considers the reception of Eliot's writing in philosophy and argues that the study of this work has significantly entered recent Eliot criticism. Overall, this volume provides a new reading of Eliot's famous poems, his literary criticism and social commentary.

T. S. Eliot

Author : James E. Miller Jr.
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271033193
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book T. S. Eliot written by James E. Miller Jr. and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late in his life T. S. Eliot, when asked if his poetry belonged in the tradition of American literature, replied: “I’d say that my poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished contemporaries in America than with anything written in my generation in England. That I’m sure of. . . . In its sources, in its emotional springs, it comes from America.” In T. S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet, James Miller offers the first sustained account of Eliot’s early years, showing that the emotional springs of his poetry did indeed come from America. Miller challenges long-held assumptions about Eliot’s poetry and his life. Eliot himself always maintained that his poems were not based on personal experience, and thus should not be read as personal poems. But Miller convincingly combines a reading of the early work with careful analysis of surviving early correspondence, accounts from Eliot’s friends and acquaintances, and new scholarship that delves into Eliot’s Harvard years. Ultimately, Miller demonstrates that Eliot’s poetry is filled with reflections of his personal experiences: his relationships with family, friends, and wives; his sexuality; his intellectual and social development; his influences. Publication of T. S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet marks a milestone in Eliot scholarship. At last we have a balanced portrait of the poet and the man, one that takes seriously his American roots. In the process, we gain a fuller appreciation for some of the best-loved poetry of the twentieth century.

Out of Character

Author : Omri Moses
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804791236
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Out of Character written by Omri Moses and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Characters" are those fictive beings in novels whose coherent patterns of behavior make them credible as people. "Character" is also used to refer to the capacity—or incapacity—of individuals to sustain core principles. When characters are inconsistent, they risk coming across as dangerous or immoral, not to mention unconvincing. But what is behind our culture's esteem for unwavering consistency? Out of Character examines literary characters who defy our culture's models of personal integrity. It argues that modernist writers Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot drew inspiration from vitalism as a way of reinventing the means of depicting people in fiction and poetry. Rather than regarding a rigid character as something that inoculates us against the shifting tides of circumstance, these writers insist on the ethical necessity of forming improvisational, dynamic social relationships. Charting the literary impact of William James, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and, in particular, Henri Bergson, this book contends that vitalist understandings of psychology, affect, and perception led to new situational and relational definitions of selfhood. As Moses demonstrates, the modernists stirred by these vital life lessons give us a sense of what psychic life looks like at its most intricate, complex, and unpredictable.

Naturalism in American Fiction

Author : John J. Conder
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813162505
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Naturalism in American Fiction written by John J. Conder and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this closely reasoned study, John J. Conder has created a new and more vital understanding of naturalism in American literature. Moving from the Hobbesian dilemma between causation and free will down through Bergson's concept of dual selves, Conder defines a view of determinism so rich in possibilities that it can serve as the inspiration of literary works of astonishing variety and unite them in a single, though developing, naturalistic tradition in American letters. At the heart of this book, beyond its philosophic discussion, is Conder's reading of key works in the naturalistic canon, beginning with Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" and "The Blue Hotel." The special character of determinism in Crane is, Conder holds, the source of his complexity and striking originality. He finds a stricter determinism in Norris's McTeague. In Dreiser, however, the naturalistic tradition develops toward a fusion of determinism and freedom in a single work, and this fusion in a different guise operates in Dos Passos's view of self in Manhattan Transfer. With Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath the uniting of determinism and freedom finds its fullest realization in the concept of dual selves, one determined, one free. In Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! the concept of the dual self appears in its most complex form. The developments in the work of Steinbeck and Faulkner, Conder believes, bring the classic phase of American literary naturalism to a close. Naturalism in American Fiction illuminates a group of major literary works and revives a theoretic consideration of naturalism. It thus makes a fundamental contribution to American studies.