Modernity and Progress
Author | : Ronald Berman |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2007-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780817354305 |
ISBN-13 | : 0817354301 |
Rating | : 4/5 (301 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Modernity and Progress by : Ronald Berman
Download or read book Modernity and Progress written by Ronald Berman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2007-03-18 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the 1920s and for a generation thereafter, understandings of time, place, and civilization were subjected to a barrage of new conceptions. Berman probes the work of three writers--Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Orwell--who wrestled with one or more of these issues in ways of lasting significance. At stake for each is a sense of what constitutes true civilization"--Back cover.