This study breaks new critical ground by exploring philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures.
"An original, detailed examination of a central concern of modernism (the nature of progress) as found in selected writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and intriguingly, George Orwell. . . . The book is at once cogent and cohesive, original and organic . . . a provocative and inventive piece of scholarship that will leave readers agog with the connection it intuits between literature, philosophy, and culture."--Kirk Curnutt, editor of "A Historical Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald
"A blend of smart textual analysis and sound research from both current sources (across a variety of disciplines) and those of the time period being discussed in the text."--Robert Beuka, author of "Suburbia Nation: Reading Suburban Landscape in Twentieth-Century Fiction and Film
