The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism
Part of Cambridge Introductions to Literature
- Author: Pericles Lewis, Yale University, Connecticut
- Date Published: May 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521535274
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More than a century after its beginnings, modernism still has the power to shock, alienate or challenge readers. Modernist art and literature remain thought of as complex and difficult. This introduction explains in a readable, lively style how modernism emerged, how it is defined, and how it developed in different forms and genres. Pericles Lewis offers students a survey of literature and art in England, Ireland and Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century. He also provides an overview of critical thought on modernism and its continuing influence on the arts today, reflecting the interests of current scholarship in the social and cultural contexts of modernism. The comparative perspective on Anglo-American and European modernism shows how European movements have influenced the development of English-language modernism. Illustrated with works of art and featuring suggestions for further study, this is the ideal introduction to understanding and enjoying modernist literature and art.
Read more- An overview of modernism and its most important authors and texts
- Accessibly written, assumes no prior knowledge and covers everything a student needs to know
- Includes further reading suggestions to help students find their way in the field
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- Date Published: May 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521535274
- length: 298 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- contains: 10 b/w illus. 2 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Origins:
1. Trials of modernity
2. Primitivists and modernizers
3. The avant-garde and High modernism
Part II. Genres:
4. Poetry
5. Prose fiction
6. Drama
Part III. Fate:
7. Literature and politics
Conclusion: after modernism?
Chronology.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Foundations of English Literature
- Literary Modernism
- Modern American Literature
- Modern British Literature
- Modern Fiction
- The Politics of Modernism
- Twentieth Century Literature, Pre WWll
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