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Originally Posted by evollove
But without James and Conrad, I find it difficult to imagine 20th century literary modernism happening.
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
explain?
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I love Conrad but I've never really understood his supposed link with Modernism. Not saying there isn't one (have never really studied literature in a serious, academic way) but it seems any quality writer or artist working towards the end of the 19th C ends up being called a forefather of modernism at some point.