Berman, Jessica Schiff, 1961- . Modernist fiction, cosmopolitanism, and the politics of community / Jessica Berman. [0521805899 ] Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS374.M535 B47 2001

 

1. Cosmopolitan communities;
2. Henry James:
i. 'The History of the Voice': Cosmopolitan's America;
ii. Feminizing the nation: woman as cultural icon in late James;
3. Marcel Proust:
i. Bernard Lazare and the politics of Pariahdom;
ii. The community, the prophet and the pariah in A la recherche du temps perdu;
4. Virginia Woolf:
i. 'Splinter' and 'Mosaic': towards the politics of connection;
ii. Of oceans and opposition: the action of The Waves;
5. Gertrude Stein:
i. Steinian topographies: the making of America;
ii. Writing the 'I' that is 'they': Gertrude Stein's community of the subject;
6. Conclusion.