Excavating Modernity: Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930

Book Overview

This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a painting, photograph or projected light, to the comprehension of the palimpsestic complexities of language, memory and time. This collection is the first to see early twentieth-century physical, temporal and psychological strata interact across a range of canonical and popular authors, working in a variety of genres, from theatre to ghost stories, children's literature to modernist magna opera.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036758865X
• ISBN13: 9780367588656
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"