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This article discusses the significance of the year 1922, which saw the publication of influential works such as Ulysses and The Waste Land, as well as major political and cultural events like the rise of Fascism in Italy and the Harlem Renaissance. The author, Michael North, expands on his previous study of the linguistic and racial struggles that shaped modernism to include a global perspective, highlighting the impact of literature on the world in this pivotal year.
This engaging study returns to a truly remarkable year, the year in which both Ulysses and The Waste Land were published, in which The Great Gatsby was set, and during which the Fascisti took over in Italy, the Irish Free State was born, the Harlem Renaissance reached its peak, Charlie Chaplin's popularity crested, and King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered. In short, the year which not only in hindsight became the primal scene of literary modernism but which served as the cradle for a host of major political and aesthetic transformations resonating around the globe. In his previous study, the acclaimed Dialect of Modernism (OUP, 1994), Michael North looked at the racial and linguistic struggles over the English language which gave birth to the many strains of modernism. Here, he expands his vision to encompass the global stage, and tells the story of how books changed the future of the world as we know it in one unforgettable year.
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