Reading 1922: A Return to the Scene of the Modern

by Michael North

Book Overview

This engaging study returns to a truly remarkable year, the year in which both Ulysses and The Waste Land were published, in which The Great Gatsby was set, and during which the Fascisti took over in Italy, the Irish Free State was born, the Harlem Renaissance reached its peak, Charlie Chaplin's popularity crested, and King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered. In short, the year which not only in hindsight became the primal scene of literary modernism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019512720X
• ISBN13: 9780195127201
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"