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Modernism and Mimesis with Stephen Dowden

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CHAPTER

Genesis of Modernism and Ulysses as a Touchstone

The speaker shares their motivation for writing about modernism and how it evolved from their dissertation. They challenge the conventional understanding of Ulysses as the defining modernist work, arguing that it skews our perception of early 20th century art. The chapter also explores the concept of Mimesis in literature and compares language approaches in Joyce's and Kafka's works.

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