Now recognised as a twentieth-century classic, the influence of Djuna Barnes's novel has been, and continues to be, exceptional. Barnes told a friend that Nightwood was written with her own blood 'while it was still running.' That flowing wound was the breakup of an eight year relationship with the love of her life. Eliot admired Djuna Barnes' rich, evocative language. Eliot as one of the great novels of the 20th century. Nightwood is not only a classic of modernist literature, but was also acknowledged by T.S.

Now recognised as a twentieth-century classic, the influence of Djuna Barnes's novel has. Barnes told a friend that Nightwood was written with her own blood 'while it was still running.' That flowing wound was the breakup of an eight year relationship with the love of her life. Barnes is recognized internationally for her masterwork Nightwood and for other works of fiction, including Ryder and Ladies Almanack. Eliot (Introduction) 452 ratings Kindle 9. Essays, Manifestos, Statements, Speeches, Maxims, Epistles, Diaristic Jottings, Narratives, Natural histories, Poems, Plays, Performances, Ramblings.

Nightwood is not only a classic of modernist literature, but was also acknowledged by T.S. Djuna Barnes Jeanette Winterson Nightwood Paperback Septemby Djuna Barnes (Author), Jeanette Winterson (Preface), T. adoc-photos / Corbis via Getty Images Djuna Barnes was an avant-garde writer best known for her 1936 title Nightwood, one of the earliest lesbian novels to be published.

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