The Problem with Pleasure : : Modernism and Its Discontents / / Laura Frost.
Aldous Huxley decried "the horrors of modern 'pleasure,'" or the proliferation of mass produced, widely accessible entertainment that could degrade or dull the mind. He and his contemporaries, including James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, D. H. Lawrence, and Jean Rhys, soug...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Repudiation of Pleasure
- 1 James Joyce and the Scent of Modernity
- 2 Stein's Tickle
- 3 Orgasmic Discipline
- 4 Huxley's Feelies
- 5 The Impasse of Pleasure
- 6 Blondes Have More Fun
- Coda
- Notes
- Index