Ford Madox Ford is a major modernist writer, yet many of his works do not conform to our assumptions about modernism. Examining ways in which he, alongside other 'misfit moderns', undermines 'stabilities' we expect from novels and memoirs, this book poses questions about the nature of narrative and the distinction between modernism and modernity.
Preface Introduction: Misfit Moderns Personalities of Paper: Character, Justification, and Narrative Space Casting Back: Plotting, Impressionism, and Temporality Fictionality at the Front: Genre, Trust, and the War Memoir Destruction/Reconstruction: Narrative, Shell Shock, and the War Novel Notes Bibliography Index
