Asbestos - the Last Modernist Object.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Arthur.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel/Berlin/Boston : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Preface: What's the Use of Writing about Asbestos?
  • Introduction: Asbestos and Modernism
  • 1 A Utopian Impulse
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Utopian Impulse
  • 2 Clues and Mysteries
  • Part II: Configuring Asbestos
  • Introduction
  • 3 Salamander Cotton
  • 4 Illness Narratives
  • 5 Compensating for Franz Kafka
  • Part III: Transforming Asbestos
  • Introduction
  • 6 The Mine
  • 7 The Factory
  • 8 The Home
  • Conclusion: The Dump
  • Bibliography
  • Index.