Hunger and modern writing Melville, Kafka, Hamsun, and Wright
"Hunger is a contentious theme in modernist literature, and this study addresses its relevance in the works of four major American and European writers. Taking an in-depth look at works by Melville, Kafka, Hamsun, and Wright, it argues that hunger is deeply involved with concepts of modernity a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Köln :
Modern Academic Publishing
[2016]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745302206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Introduction
- II. Theoretical Overview of Hunger and Modern Writing
- Part 1: Herman Melville and Franz Kafka: "'I would prefer not to'": Absence and Appetite in Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
- 2. Alienation and the Unknown Nourishment in Franz Kafka's Die Verwandlung and "Ein Hungerku¨nstler"
- Part 2: Knut Hamsun and Richard Wright: 3 Starvation and Self-Destructiveness in Knut Hamsun'sHunger (Sult)
- 4. Hunger and Self-Fashioning in Richard Wright's Black Boy(American Hunger)
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations and Works Cited.
