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In this companion, leading critics explore the very significant pleasures of reading modernist novels, but also demonstrate how and why reading modernist fiction can be difficult. Hans slugais professor of philosophy at the university of california at berkeley and author of gottlob frege 1980 and of heideggers crisis 1993. The poetry of the first world war remains a singularly popular and powerful body of work. Alfred bendixen teaches american literature at princeton university, usa, and is the founder and executive director of the american literature association.
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