Binding: Paperback
Description: This volume offers a comprehensive representation of the exciting pivotal and urgent nature of literary Modernism as well as more recent approaches including the "global turn." Modernism can be difficult to understand without an awareness of contemporary concerns so Mia Carter and Alan Friedman incorporate texts from a wide variety of disciplines such as art politics science medicine and philosophy. This volume's thoroughly explained informative and interesting discussions provide: An extensive introduction outlining the history and debates surrounding the movement Numerous foundational texts of Modernism such as Darwin Duncan Nietzsche Einstein Freud Hughes Luxemburg Nietzsche Stein Zola Full texts and extracts representing Modernist writers - including Anand Conrad Eliot James Hurston Lawrence Wilde Woolf and Yeats as critics of themselves and their contemporaries A chronology of key historical events and publications A glossary of key terms people theories and themes A detailed further reading section offering advice on further study and research A companion website (www. routledge. com/cw/carter) featuring an interactive timeline with dates and images that contextualise the literature of the period as well as author biographies and links to additional resources and videos. Addressing current as well as historical debates about Modernism this book includes discussion of the Harlem Renaissance feminism and women's writing international and global movements and anti - imperialism while acknowledging the variety of competing modernisms. This is the ideal guide for anyone seeking an overview and an in - depth treatment of this complex cultural turn and its foundational texts.
Title: Modernism And Literature An Introduction And Reader
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415581646
Pages: 584 Pages, 5 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 2/11/2013
Category: Literary Theory