Regression and Apocalypse: Studies in North American Literary Expressionism

Sherrill E. Grace

Published by University of Toronto Press 1989

Regression and Apocalypse

Studies in North American Literary Expressionism

Sherrill E. Grace

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442679153

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About this book

Working from a set of topoi and structural paradigms, Grace discusses selected examples of expressionistic texts.

Author / Editor information

Grace Sherrill E. :

Sherrill E. Grace is a professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: 'Entartete Kunst' – Modernism in Germany
1. Expressionism: History, Definition, and Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. German Expressionism in the Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Part Two: Expressionism on the North American Stage
3. The New Art of the Theatre' in New York and Toronto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. Eugene O'Neill: The American Georg Kaiser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
5. Herman Voaden's 'Symphonic Expressionism' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Part Three: Expressionism and the Modern Novel
6. The Dark Night of the Soul: Djuna Barnes's Nightwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
7. The Soul in Writhing Anguish: Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
8. Sheila Watson and the 'Double Hook' of Expressive Abstraction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
9. The real soul-sickness': Self-Creation and the Expressionist Method in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Part Four: The Expressionist Legacy
10 From Modernism to Postmodernism: Conclusions, Speculations, and Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 315

eBook

Published: November 1, 1989
ISBN: 9781442679153