Ten great writers : the seminar

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Features a roundtable discussion about what constitutes modernist writing. New literary themes generated by the era's political and social upheavals are also discussed, including time, the unconsci...

Features a roundtable discussion about what constitutes modernist writing. New literary themes generated by the era's political and social upheavals are also discussed, including time, the unconscious mind, alienation, the changing role of women, and the consequences of two world wars. In addition, the panel suggests that the atrocities of the post-modern world led writers to reject modernist narrative techniques and seek a new syntax and vocabulary.

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