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James Stamant's Competing Stories is insightful, knowing, and lucidly argued. It does more than explore the complex intersection between mass media and Modernism; it serves as a generous consideration of some of the leading lights of twentieth century literature. This book, with its impressive scope of authors and depth of analysis, is a necessary contribution to contemporary studies of Modernism.--Mark Cirino, University of Evansville In Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies, James Stamant reminds us that the medium is indeed the message. This exhilarating study demonstrates that while modernist mainstays like James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald lamented the emergence of new media they nevertheless assimilated the influence of their era's transformative platforms, , their storytelling often absorbing the conditions of collaboration these technologies instituted while regretting the eroding of artistic singularity they occasioned. Whether newspapers or the cinema, these forms of mass communication and entertainment both reflected and enabled the acceleration of culture, altering notions of craftsmanship. In addition to a thoroughly historical and theoretical analysis of the implications of these media, Stamant deserves credit for focusing on a variety of neglected texts, from Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby series to short stories by Djuna Barnes's and Sui Sin Far to footage Zora Neale Hurston shot during her fieldwork in folklore. Competing Stories demonstrates how the literary arts in the end bested the competition for artistic accomplishment.--Kirk Curnutt, Troy University

In Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies, James Stamant reminds us that the medium is indeed the message. This exhilarating study demonstrates that while modernist mainstays like James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald lamented the emergence of new media they nevertheless assimilated the influence of their era's transformative platforms, , their storytelling often absorbing the conditions of collaboration these technologies instituted while regretting the eroding of artistic singularity they occasioned. Whether newspapers or the cinema, these forms of mass communication and entertainment both reflected and enabled the acceleration of culture, altering notions of craftsmanship. In addition to a thoroughly historical and theoretical analysis of the implications of these media, Stamant deserves credit for focusing on a variety of neglected texts, from Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby series to short stories by Djuna Barnes's and Sui Sin Far to footage Zora Neale Hurston shot during her fieldwork in folklore. Competing Stories demonstrates how the literary arts in the end bested the competition for artistic accomplishment.--Kirk Curnutt, Troy University James Stamant's Competing Stories is insightful, knowing, and lucidly argued. It does more than explore the complex intersection between mass media and Modernism; it serves as a generous consideration of some of the leading lights of twentieth century literature. This book, with its impressive scope of authors and depth of analysis, is a necessary contribution to contemporary studies of Modernism.--Mark Cirino, University of Evansville

In Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies, James Stamant reminds us that the medium is indeed the message. This exhilarating study demonstrates that while modernist mainstays like James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald lamented the emergence of new media they nevertheless assimilated the influence of their era's transformative platforms, , their storytelling often absorbing the conditions of collaboration these technologies instituted while regretting the eroding of artistic singularity they occasioned. Whether newspapers or the cinema, these forms of mass communication and entertainment both reflected and enabled the acceleration of culture, altering notions of craftsmanship. In addition to a thoroughly historical and theoretical analysis of the implications of these media, Stamant deserves credit for focusing on a variety of neglected texts, from Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby series to short stories by Djuna Barnes's and Sui Sin Far to footage Zora Neale Hurston shot during her fieldwork in folklore. Competing Stories demonstrates how the literary arts in the end bested the competition for artistic accomplishment.--Kirk Curnutt, Executive Director, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society James Stamant's Competing Stories is insightful, knowing, and lucidly argued. It does more than explore the complex intersection between mass media and Modernism; it serves as a generous consideration of some of the leading lights of twentieth century literature. This book, with its impressive scope of authors and depth of analysis, is a necessary contribution to contemporary studies of Modernism.--Mark Cirino, University of Evansville

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James Stamant is visiting assistant professor of English at Agnes Scott College.

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