Monograph by Nanette Norris
What is that we do, as a culture, to support the waging of war? Following the chain from World Wa... more What is that we do, as a culture, to support the waging of war? Following the chain from World War One to the War on Terrorism, this book looks at turning-points in our ideas about and reactions to war. The twentieth-century was arguably the most belligerent in history, marked as it was by a culture of war – that is, values, attitudes, and so on, which support the waging of war. At the same time, this culture shifted profoundly so that now, in the twenty-first century, we can plausibly think about a culture of peace. This book looks at turning-points in the twentieth-century cultural attitudes towards war, from the sacrificed soldier of World War One to the anti-war demonstrations of the Sixties, and beyond to the ubiquitous War on Terrorism....
Conference Papers by Nanette Norris
The technology of the massive multi-player augmented reality games has been co-opted by the playe... more The technology of the massive multi-player augmented reality games has been co-opted by the players in ways not anticipated by the game creators. The degree to which the gamers subvert the intended use may be a function of the society in which they live – further study is needed to determine levels of subversion amongst augmented reality gamers.
Lawrence's involvement with (and literary use of) the occult is not as well understood as that of... more Lawrence's involvement with (and literary use of) the occult is not as well understood as that of his contemporaries Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and W.B. Yeats.1 There is a sense of Lawrence as mystical rather than occult per se, a difference that I would arguably locate in a divergence between a thought-system and a possible practice. James Cowan has discussed Lawrence's use of alchemy in The Plumed Serpent (1926);2 my own work has looked at Kabbalah in The Plumed Serpent3 and has placed the use of alchemy as early as The Rainbow (1915).4 I tend to be a structuralist, so I am looking for evidence of conscious knowledge on the part of the author. Thus, for The Rainbow, I discovered a 17 th century line drawing by the alchemist Altus (1677)5 which shows the "Peacock's Tail [that] radiates down from the heavens onto the farmland, like a rainbow seen where it touches the ground," and compared it to a similar drawing by Lawrence, sent to Viola Meynell on March 2, 1915:6
Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran
This paper approaches Irène Némirovsky`s Suite Française through the lens of narrative theories f... more This paper approaches Irène Némirovsky`s Suite Française through the lens of narrative theories from trauma studies to focus upon the way in which art itself can be altered because of the experience of war.
Who is Iranian? The Relationship between Islam and Polity
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A Re... more Who is Iranian? The Relationship between Islam and Polity
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A Reading of Azar Nafisi`s Reading Lolita in Tehran
Blue Knight's Review, 2012
This essay discusses two poems by Canadian poet A.M. Klein which reveal that Canada generally, an... more This essay discusses two poems by Canadian poet A.M. Klein which reveal that Canada generally, and Montreal specifically, was not a refuge for the persecuted but rather exhibited virulent antisemitism during the war years.
Edited books by Nanette Norris
New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarl... more New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore and clarify the position of the so-called ‘core’ of literary modernism in its seminal engagement with the Great War. In studying the years of the Great War, we find ourselves once more studying ‘the giants,’ about whom there is so much more to say, as well as adding hitherto marginalized writers – and a few visual artists – to the canon. The contention here is that these war years were seminal to the development of a distinguishable literary practice which is called ‘modernism,’ but perhaps could be further delineated as ‘Great War modernism,’ a practice whose aesthetic merits can be addressed through formal analysis. This collection of essays offers new insight into canonical British/American/European modernism of the Great War period using the critical tools of contemporary, expansionist modernist studies. By focusing on war, and on the experience of the soldier and of those dealing with issues of war and survival, these studies link the unique forms of expression found in modernism with the fragmented, violent, and traumatic experience of the time.
These essays on popular culture allow the reader to consider the socio-politic implications of pa... more These essays on popular culture allow the reader to consider the socio-politic implications of particular, twentieth-century events. The work examines experiences from a contemporary multitude of perspectives, mediums and genres.
Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this v... more Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological implications of ecology in written, visual, and sound culture. In keeping with our sense of a global community, these essays are representative of international scholarship on ecology and the environment, and display the range of insight of which this criticism is capable. Focusing on popular culture, this volume is in the vanguard of our collective reflections on the directions in which our various societies are going.
Reviews by Nanette Norris
Modernism/modernity, 2013
Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 2013
Book chapters by Nanette Norris
Great War Modernism: Artistic Response in the Context of War, 2016
This essay argues the importance of spiritual concepts of redemption in H.D’s life during the war... more This essay argues the importance of spiritual concepts of redemption in H.D’s life during the war years.
Attack on All Fronts: The Culture of Twentieth-Century War. Cambridge: Fisher Imprints, 2013.
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Monograph by Nanette Norris
Conference Papers by Nanette Norris
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A Reading of Azar Nafisi`s Reading Lolita in Tehran
Edited books by Nanette Norris
Reviews by Nanette Norris
Book chapters by Nanette Norris
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A Reading of Azar Nafisi`s Reading Lolita in Tehran