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OverviewDjuna Barnes once said that “there is always more surface to a shattered object than a whole object,” and the statement is provocative when considering her own writing and art. Arriving as an accomplished writer and journalist in 1920s Paris, Barnes produced an eclectic body of work whose objects and surfaces continue to fascinate readers. In this volume, a series of internationally renowned scholars reassess both Barnes and modernism through a close examination of her prose, poetry, journalism, visual art, and drama. From the modernist classic Nightwood to the late verse play The Antiphon, Barnes’s distinctive voice has long resisted any easy assimilation into specific groupings of authors or texts. Responding to expansions of canons and critical questions that have shaped modernist studies since the late twentieth century, the chapters in this volume bring new thinking to her full oeuvre and collectively demonstrate that the study of modernism necessarily includes the study of Barnes. The essays show Barnes’s significant contributions to twenty-first-century discourses on topics such as the politics of print culture, the representation of animals and the human, queer aesthetics, modernist criticism, authorship, style, affect, and translation between media. Featuring an afterword by Peter Nicholls and a comprehensive bibliography, Shattered Objects provides a timely assessment of Barnes and considers the implications of reading her critically as an important modernist writer and artist. It will be welcomed by scholars of literature, art history, and the modernist era. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Daniela Caselli, Bruce Gardiner, Alex Goody, Melissa Jane Hardie, Tyrus Miller, Drew Milne, Peter Nicholls, Rachel Potter, Julie Taylor, and Joanne Winning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Pender (Teacher, University of Sydney) , Cathryn Setz (Associate Member of English, University of Oxford)Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Volume: 27 Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 24.10cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780271082202ISBN 10: 0271082208 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 04 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Elizabeth Pender and Cathryn Setz Part 1: Modernism in Print 1 Djuna Barnes on the Page Alex Goody 2 Djuna Barnes’s Short Stories in A Night Among the Horses (1929) and Spillway (1962) Elizabeth Pender Part 2: Human and Beast 3 Nightwood ’s Humans Rachel Potter 4 Djuna Barnes’s Creatures in an Alphabet: From A for Anecdotage to Z for Zoomancy Bruce Gardiner 5 Djuna Barnes, Thelma Wood, and the Making of the Lesbian Modernist Grotesque Joanne Winning Part 3: Barnesean Style 6 The Critique of Modernist Wit: Djuna Barnes’s Nightwood Drew Milne 7 “Trees of Heaven”: Djuna Barnes’s Late Metaphysical Verse Cathryn Setz 8 “If Some Strong Woman”: Djuna Barnes’s Great Capacity for All Things Uncertain Daniela Caselli 9 “The Havoc of Nicety”: Djuna Barnes’s Ryder and the Catastrophe of Epochal Change Tyrus Miller Part 4: Modernist Afterlives 10 Djuna Barnes: The Flower of Her Secret Melissa Jane Hardie 11 Making Contact: Affect, Queer Historiography, and “Our Djuna” Julie Taylor Afterword Peter Nicholls Selected Bibliography Elizabeth Pender Notes on Contributors IndexReviewsWith Shattered Objects, we at last get a full look at [Barnes's] broad range of artistic achievements. -Megan N. Liberty, Brooklyn Rail Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art. -Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art. -Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art. -Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art. --Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture Author InformationElizabeth Pender has taught English literature at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge. She is currently based at the University of Sydney. Cathryn Setz is Associate Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford and the founder of the Djuna Barnes Research Seminar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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