TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniel Rees,
AB  - "Hunger is a contentious theme in modernist literature, and this study addresses its relevance in the works of four major American and European writers. Taking an in-depth look at works by Melville, Kafka,Hamsun, and Wright, it argues that hunger is deeply involved with concepts of modernity and modern literature. Exploring how it is bound up with the writer’s role in modern society this study draws on two conflicting and complex views of hunger: the first is material, relating to the body as a physical entity that has a material existence in reality. Hunger, in this sense, is a physiological process that affects the body as a result of the need for food, the lack of which can lead to discomfort, listlessness, and eventually death. The second view is that of hunger as an appetite of the mind, the kind of hunger for immaterial things that is associated with an individual’s desire for a new form of knowledge, sentiment, or a different way of perceiving the reality of the world. By discussing the selected authors’ conceptualization of hunger as both desire and absence of desire, or as both a creative and a destructive force, it examines how it has influenced literary representations of modern life. This study then offers a focused approach to a broad field of inquiry and presents analyses that address a variety of critical perspectives on hunger and modern literature.  Daniel Rees completed his PhD in American and Comparative Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research interests include Anglo-American and European literature of the modern period. He has worked as a freelance editor and translator since 2004 and contributed publications in the e-journal Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies and to Orchid Press."
DO  - 10.16994/baf
ID  - OAPEN ID: 621505
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 982228789
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31939
KW  - subjectivity
KW  - isolation
KW  - modernity
KW  - social alienation
KW  - hunger
KW  - authorship
KW  - Black Boy
KW  - Franz Kafka
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31939/1/621505.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31939/1/621505.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31939/1/621505.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29173
PB  - Modern Academic Publishing
PP  - Cologne
PY  - 2016
SN  - 9783946198192;9783946198178;9783946198185
TI  - Hunger and Modern Writing: Melville, Kafka, Hamsun, and Wrightnull
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