TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillies,Mary Ann
AU  - Mahood,Aurelea
TI  - Modernist Literature: An Introduction 
SN  - 9780748627639
AV  - PR888.M63 G55 2007eb
U1  - 820.900912 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - English literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Modernism (Literature)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction After Victoria --; Chapter 1 The Short Story and the New Woman --; Chapter 2 Poetry—Technology and War --; Chapter 3 The Novel and Modern Fashions --; Chapter 4 Documenting the Politics of Engagement --; A Literary Coda In the Midst of War --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This engaging textbook provides a critical assessment of British modernist literature produced between 1900 and 1945. Each chapter focuses on a single decade, a distinct genre and a specific theme: the 1900s - the short story - gender and sexuality; the 1910s - poetry - war, technology and propaganda; the 1920s - the novel - new modes of literary expression; the 1930s - the documentary - political engagement. A final chapter covers the 1940s and beyond looking at new literary and artistic movements and 'other' modernisms. Covering canonical texts and lesser-known works, Modernist Literature introduces students to current debates in Modernism and a range of literature in its historical and aesthetic contexts. Key FeaturesExamines four distinct genres - the short story, poetry, novel and documentary - decade-by-decade.Combines close readings with cultural and political analyses of British modernism.Includes a Chronology and Further Readings with each chapter
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631612
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