Modernist Literature

An Introduction

Mary Ann Gillies, Aurelea Mahood

• Publisher: EUP
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9780748631612
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

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.Features:*Examines 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

• COPYRIGHT
• 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