Modernist Fiction, Cosmopolitanism, and the Politics of Community

Jessica Berman claims that modernist fiction engages directly with early twentieth-century transformations of community.

Autorentext

Jessica Berman is Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Klappentext

In this 2001 book, Jessica Berman claims that modernist fiction engages directly with early twentieth-century transformations of community.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments; Part I. Cosmopolitan Communities; Part II. Henry James: 1. 'The history of the voice': Cosmopolitan's America; 2. Feminizing the nation: woman as cultural icon in late James; Part III. Marcel Proust: 3. Proust, Bernard Lazare and the politics of pariahdom; 4. The community, the prophet and the pariah: relation in A la recherche du temps perdu; Part IV. Virginia Woolf: 5. 'Splinter' and 'mosaic': towards the politics of connection; 6. Of oceans and opposition: the action of The Waves; Part V. Gertrude Stein: 7. Steinian topographies: the making of America; 8. Writing the 'I' that is 'they': Gertrude Stein's community of the subject; Part VI. Conclusion; Notes; Index.