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Author:

Barrows, Adam.

Title:

The cosmic time of empire : modern Britain and world literature / Adam Barrows.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index.

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.

Series:

Flashpoints ; 3

ISBN:

0520260996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520260993 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)624547150

LCCN:

2010019955

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)