{"product_id":"mourning-modernity-seth-moglen-9780804754194","title":"Mourning Modernity: Literary Modernism and the Injuries of American Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMourning Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, Seth Moglen argues that American literary modernism is, at its heart, an effort to mourn for the injuries inflicted by modern capitalism. He demonstrates that the most celebrated literary movement of the 20th century is structured by a deep conflict between political hope and despair--between the fear that alienation and exploitation were irresistible facts of life and the yearning for a more just and liberated society. He traces this conflict in the works of a dozen novelists and poets - ranging from Eliot, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Hurston, Hughes, and Tillie Olsen. Taking John Dos Passos' neglected \u003ci\u003eU.S.A\u003c\/i\u003e. trilogy as a central case study, he demonstrates how the struggle between reparative social mourning and melancholic despair shaped the literary strategies of a major modernist writer and the political fate of the American Left. \u003ci\u003eMourning Modernity \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a bold new map of the modernist tradition, as well as an important contribution to the cultural history of American radicalism and to contemporary theoretical debates about mourning and trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seth Moglen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804754195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804754194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.35w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 264","brand":"Seth Moglen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128548946175,"sku":"9780804754194","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43e3ec9d-439e-4b6b-8e89-04311ba27d26.jpg?v=1687459222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mourning-modernity-seth-moglen-9780804754194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}