Modernist Melancholia, 1st ed. 2015 Freud, Conrad and Ford

Langue : Anglais

Auteur : Enderwitz Anne

Couverture de l’ouvrage Modernist Melancholia

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Modernist Melancholia explores modernism's melancholic roots through the detailed discussion of writings by Freud, Conrad and Ford. Melancholia ties modernism to the 19th-century obsession with loss and continuity and, at the same time, constitutes a formative moment in the history of 20th-century literature, modern subjectivity and critical theory

1. Introduction
2. Freud's Melancholic Subject
3. Primitivism and Meaning in Heart of Darkness
4. Desire, Loss and Storytelling in The Good Soldier
5. From Melancholia to Wish-Fulfilment: The Inheritors and Romance
6. Conclusion: Modernist Melancholia and Its Afterlife
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Anne Enderwitz teaches comparative literature at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of London and wrote her thesis as Marie Curie Fellow at UCL. Anne Enderwitz has taught English Literature in London, Erlangen and Berlin. Her research interests are modernism, melancholia, economics, early modern drama, and theory.