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01960aam a2200385 a 4500 001 3388E742EA6111E094823B976AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110929010228 008 100518s2011 caua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2010019955 020 $a 0520260996 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780520260993 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)624547150 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OUP $d BWX $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR830.T5 $b B37 2011 082 00 $a 823/.80933 $2 22 100 1 $a Barrows, Adam. 245 1 $a The cosmic time of empire : $b modern Britain and world literature / $c Adam Barrows. 260 $a Berkeley : $b University of California Press, $c c2011. 300 $a xii, 211 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Flashpoints ; $v 3 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Time in literature. 650 0 $a Modernism (Literature) $z English-speaking countries. 650 0 $a Time $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Time $x Systems and standards. 830 0 $a Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; $v 3. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228020649.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825083636.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3388E742EA6111E094823B976AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search