Vetter Modernist Writings and Religio-scientific Discourse

H.D., Loy, and Toomer
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-10645-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Addresses the early twentieth-century intersection of scientific and religious discourse exploring literary modernism through the lens of cultural history, focusing on the works of H.D., Mina Loy, and Jean Toomer. It covers a range of topics such as electromagnetism and sexuality, dance, and theories of spiritual evolution.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vetter, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction '[T]he electric incitement of Eros': Electromagnetism, Sexuality, and Modernism Seeking 'a sort of clairvoyant material plane': Spirituality and the Moving Body Negotiating the Racialized Body: Theories of Spiritual Evolution and the 'American Race' Coda

Über Autor(innen)

LARA VETTER is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.