Speculative Time
| Author | : Paul Crosthwaite |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2024-02-29 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780198891796 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0198891792 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
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.
