Author : Paul Crosthwaite
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198891792
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Speculative Time by : Paul Crosthwaite
Download or read book Speculative Time written by Paul Crosthwaite and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculative Time examines how a climate of financial and economic speculation and disaster shaped the literary culture of the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century. It argues that speculation's risk-laden and crisis-prone temporalities had major impacts on writing in the period, and on important aspects of visual representation.