The Modes of Modern Writing: Metaphor, Metonymy, and the Typology of Modern Literature (Bloomsbury Revelations)

"The Modes of Modern Writing tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is relationship between form and content? And what dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes? In answering these questions, the book examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists and poets, including James Joyce, T.S.Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Philip Larkin, and draws on the work of literary theorists from Roman Jakobson to Roland Barthes. Written in Lodge's typically accessible style this is essential reading for students and lovers of literature at any level. The Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new Foreword/Afterword by the author."-- Provided by publisher Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Contents 8 Foreword 10 Preface to First Printing 12 Acknowledgements 18 Part 1 - Problems and Executions 22 Chapter 1 What is Literature? 24 Chapter 2 George Orwell’s ‘A Hanging’, and ‘Michael Lake Describes . . .’ 34 Chapter 3 Oscar Wilde: ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ 43 Chapter 4 What is Realism? 50 Chapter 5 Arnold Bennett: ‘The Old Wives’ Tale’ 55 Chapter 6 William Burroughs: ‘The Naked Lunch’ 65 Chapter 7 The Realistic Tradition 69 Chapter 8 Two Kinds of Modern Fiction 73 Chapter 9 Criticism and Realism 87 Chapter 10 The Novel and the Nouvelle Critique 92 Chapter 11 Conclusion to Part One 108 Part 2 - Metaphor and Metonymy 110 Chapter 1 Jakobson’s Theory 112 Chapter 2 Two Types of Aphasia 117 Chapter 3 The Metaphoric and Metonymic Poles 120 Chapter 4 Drama and Film 123 Chapter 5 Poetry, Prose and the Poetic* 130 Chapter 6 Types of Description 137 Chapter 7 The Executions Revisited 149 Chapter 8 The Metonymic Text as Metaphor 155 Chapter 9 Metaphor and Context 159 Part 3 - Modernists, Antimodernists and Postmodernists 174 Chapter 1 James Joyce 176 Chapter 2 Gertrude Stein 199 Chapter 3 Ernest Hemingway 213 Chapter 4 D. H. Lawrence 218 Chapter 5 Virginia Woolf 238 Chapter 6 In the Thirties 252 Chapter 7 Philip Larkin 281 Chapter 8 Postmodernist Fiction 291 Contradiction 301 Permutation 302 Discontinuity 304 Randomness 309 Excess 309 Short circuit 314 Appendix A 322 ‘A Hanging’ by George Orwell 322 Appendix B 328 ‘Michael Lake describes what the executioner actually faces’ 328 Appendix C 330 An extract from The Naked Lunch, by William Burroughs 330 Appendix D 332 Afterword 334 Notes 340 Part One 340 Part Two 348 Part Three 351 Index 364 Preface -- Prefatory note to the Second Impression -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND EXECUTIONS -- 1. What is Literature -- 2. George Orwell's 'A Hanging', and 'Michael Lake Describes' -- 3. Oscar Wilde: 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' -- 4. What is Realism? -- 5. Arnold Bennett: The Old Wives' Tale -- 6. William Burroughs: The Naked Lunch -- 7. The Realistic Tradition -- 8. Two Kinds of Modern Fiction -- 9. Crticism and Realism -- 10. The Novel and the Nouvelle Crtique -- 11. Conclusion to Part One -- PART TWO: Metaphor and Metonymy -- 1. Jackobson's Theory -- 2. Two Types of Aphasia -- 3. The Metaphoric and Metonymic Poles -- 4. Drama and Film -- 5. Poetry, Prose and the Poetic -- 6. Types of Description -- 7. The Executions Revisited -- 8. The Metonymic Text as Metaphor -- 9. Metaphor and Context -- PART THREE: MODERNISTS, ANTIMODERNISTS AND POSTMODERNIST -- 1. James Joyce -- 2. Gertrude Stein -- 3. Ernest Hemingway -- 4. D.H. Lawrence -- 5. Virginia Woolf -- 6. In the Thirties -- 7. Philip Larkin -- 8. Postmodernist Fiction -- Appendix A: 'A Hanging' by George Orwell -- Appendix B: 'Michael Lake Describes What the Executioner Actually Faces' -- Appendix C: Extract from The Naked Lunch by William Burroughs -- Notes and References -- Index The Modes of Modern Writing tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is relationship between form and content? And what dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes? In answering these questions, the book examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists and poets, including James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Philip Larkin, and draws on the work of literary theorists from Roman Jakobson to Roland Barthes. Written in Lodge's 'The Modes of Modern Writing' tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is the relationship between form and content? What dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes? In answering these questions, David Lodge examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists and poets, including James Joyce, T.S.Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Philip Larkin, and draws on the work of literary theorists from Roman Jakobson to Roland Barthes 'The Modes of Modern Writing' tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is relationship between form and content? And what dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes? In answering these questions, David Lodge examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists and poets, including James Joyce, T.S.Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Philip Larkin, and draws on the work of literary theorists from Roman Jakobson to Roland Barthes