Explores philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures.

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