Táto séria sa ponorí do fascinujúceho sveta literárneho modernizmu, éry plnej experimentov a revolučných myšlienok. Skúma kľúčové diela a autorov, ktorí spochybnili tradičné formy rozprávania a narušili zavedené spoločenské normy. Čitatelia objavia hlboké skúmanie ľudskej psychiky, fragmentovanej reality a hľadanie nových výrazových prostriedkov. Je to esenciálny sprievodca pre pochopenie jedného z najvplyvnejších umeleckých hnutí 20. storočia.
Filled with insights into the works of Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Rhys, and John Dos Passos, this is a provocative new reading of the relationship between modernist literature and the development of celebrity culture in the early twentieth century
Focusing on themes of exile and identity, this collection of short stories presents a diverse range of Jewish characters navigating life in foreign lands. Set throughout the twentieth century, the tales feature a rabbi in New England, retirees longing for Brooklyn, and a boy grappling with the Holocaust at summer camp. The narratives delve into personal struggles, such as an American soldier's grief and a divorced woman's quest for meaning in Germany. The stories poignantly explore the challenges faced by elderly Jews adjusting to life in Florida, highlighting memory and mortality.
Deciphers the complicated ways in which Faulkner put himself forth through written performances and displays based in and expressive of his emotional biography. schovat popis