Multilingualism in Modernist Fiction
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | J. Taylor-Batty | ISBN: | 9781137367969 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. Taylor-Batty |
| ISBN: | 9781137367969 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This new study argues that modernist literature is characterised by a 'multilingual turn'. Examining the use of different languages in the fiction of a range of writers, including Lawrence, Richardson, Mansfield, Rhys, Joyce and Beckett, Taylor-Batty demonstrates the centrality of linguistic plurality to modernist forms of defamiliarisation.
This new study argues that modernist literature is characterised by a 'multilingual turn'. Examining the use of different languages in the fiction of a range of writers, including Lawrence, Richardson, Mansfield, Rhys, Joyce and Beckett, Taylor-Batty demonstrates the centrality of linguistic plurality to modernist forms of defamiliarisation.
