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Untimely forms: late modernism, war, essayistic form

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Untimely forms
Abstract:

This thesis argues that the geopolitical crises of the middle to late twentieth century catalysed the emergence of a literary practice I call ‘long-form essayism’.

The literary essay has long stood accused of being secondary or ancillary, next to more established genres like poetry or the novel. In recent years, however, the rise of hybrid categories like essayistic fiction and creative nonfiction, in concomitance with renewed debates concerning the novel’s viability, has led to gr...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-6537-5458
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https://ror.org/0505m1554
Programme:
Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (OOC DTP)
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
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