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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Gillies, Mary Ann,; Mahood, Aurelea,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

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.

Table of 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