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Author Barrows, Adam.
Title The cosmic time of empire : modern Britain and world literature / Adam Barrows.
Publication Info Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.


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Descript 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations.
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Contents Introduction : modernism and the politics of time -- Standard time, Greenwich, and the cosmopolitan clock -- "Turning from the shadows that follow us": modernist time and the politics of place -- At the limits of imperial time; or, dracula must die! -- "The shortcomings of timetables" : Greenwich, modernism, and the limits of modernity -- "A few hours wrong" : standard time and Indian literature in English -- Conclusion : a postmodern politics of time? Negri's "global phenomenological fabric" and Amis's backward arrow.
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ISBN 9780520948150 (e-book)
0520948157 (e-book)
1283277441
9781283277440
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Author Barrows, Adam.
Series Flashpoints ; 3
Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 3.
Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Time in literature.
Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
Time -- Political aspects.
Time -- Systems and standards.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations.
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Contents Introduction : modernism and the politics of time -- Standard time, Greenwich, and the cosmopolitan clock -- "Turning from the shadows that follow us": modernist time and the politics of place -- At the limits of imperial time; or, dracula must die! -- "The shortcomings of timetables" : Greenwich, modernism, and the limits of modernity -- "A few hours wrong" : standard time and Indian literature in English -- Conclusion : a postmodern politics of time? Negri's "global phenomenological fabric" and Amis's backward arrow.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780520948150 (e-book)
0520948157 (e-book)
1283277441
9781283277440
Author Barrows, Adam.
Series Flashpoints ; 3
Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 3.
Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Time in literature.
Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
Time -- Political aspects.
Time -- Systems and standards.

Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Time in literature.
Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
Time -- Political aspects.
Time -- Systems and standards.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Introduction : modernism and the politics of time -- Standard time, Greenwich, and the cosmopolitan clock -- "Turning from the shadows that follow us": modernist time and the politics of place -- At the limits of imperial time; or, dracula must die! -- "The shortcomings of timetables" : Greenwich, modernism, and the limits of modernity -- "A few hours wrong" : standard time and Indian literature in English -- Conclusion : a postmodern politics of time? Negri's "global phenomenological fabric" and Amis's backward arrow.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780520948150 (e-book)
0520948157 (e-book)
1283277441
9781283277440
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