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Modernist Literature : An Introduction / Mary Ann Gillies, Aurelea Mahood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748627639
  • 9780748631612
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.900912 22
LOC classification:
  • PR888.M63 G55 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748631612

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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