Dirk Hulle
Modern Manuscripts (Historicizing Modernism)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781474245418
- author:
- Dirk Hulle
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 15.6 x 1.5 x 23.4 cm
- Genre:
- Reference, Publishing & Books, Books & Reading
- Condition:
- New
- supplier_id:
- 59
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The golden age of modern manuscripts has been a subject of growing interest in recent years. This study explores the development of early 20th century literary texts, from source materials and early notes to successive draft manuscripts and publication. By examining these modernist writing processes, Dirk Van Hulle draws parallels with Charles Darwin's text for On the Origin of Species, highlighting the intellectual influences that shaped modern writing. Through a critical analysis of manuscripts by writers such as Joyce, Woolf, and Beckett, this book offers new insights into the material culture of Modernist literature. By historicizing these processes of writing, Van Hulle sheds light on the historical value of early manuscripts as a record of a writer's thought processes. This study is an important contribution to our understanding of Modernist literature, material culture, and book history. The manuscript traditions explored in this book provide a unique perspective on the creative process, revealing the complexities and nuances of modern writing.
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