The Authors Flashcards
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Joseph Conrad
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Around at the height of Modernism
Proto modernist writer
Published in 1907 - classic status from 1950
Inspired by Greenwich bomb outrage of 1894
‘A simple tale’
2
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D H Lawrence
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International figure of modernism
Published in 1920
Reinstated his reputation after coming out as bisexual writer
Provincial novel
3
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Virginia Woolf
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Hinge of modernist and Victorian period
Written after her abandoned novel essay ‘The Partigers’
Examines historical and cultural transition
Saw roots of political tyranny beginning
