JOURNAL ARTICLE

Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies by James Stamant (review).

Published In: South Central Review, 2023, v. 40, n. 2/3. P. 161 1 of 3
Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: Magrino, William 3 of 3

Abstract

James Stamant's book, "Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies," explores the anxieties and creative responses of modernist authors to the rise of newspapers and movies as competing forms of storytelling. Stamant examines the works of authors such as Sherwood Anderson, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Djuna Barnes, Sui Sin Far, Zora Neale Hurston, and Virginia Woolf to understand how they navigated the changing media landscape. The book also considers the future of storytelling in our media-saturated society, particularly in light of emerging technologies. Stamant's analysis offers valuable insights into the relationship between literature and media in the modernist period and its relevance to our current cultural moment. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

Source:South Central Review. 2023/06, Vol. 40, Issue 2/3, p161
Document Type:Article
Subject Area:Literature and Writing
Publication Date:2023
ISSN:07436831
DOI:10.1353/scr.2023.a915865
Accession Number:174449526
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