Pinkerton, Steve, 1982-

Blasphemous modernism : the 20th-century word made flesh / Steve Pinkerton. - New York : Oxford University Press, [2017] - xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Modernist literature & culture .

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: "First-rate blasphemy" -- "For this is my body": James Joyce's unholy office -- Blasphemy and the new woman: Mina Loy's profane communions -- Blasphemy and the new negro: Black Christs, "livid tongues" -- Go down, Djuna: the art of "transcendence downward" -- Conclusion: To be as gods.

9780197523254

2016028411


Modernism (Literature)
Modernism (Aesthetics)

PN56.M54 / P56 2017

809/.9112 / P655