American Modernism's Expatriate Scene

Description:

Katz investigates American modernism as a space of generalized interference, with the practice and trope of translation emerging as central to writers such as Henry James, Ezra Pound and Jack Spicer, while the text remains in constant dialogue with key works on transnationalism, transatlanticism, and modernism.

subjects: American literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  Modernism (literature),  History and criticism,  American literature,  Expatriation in literature