Modernism and Literature

by Mia Carter (Editor), Alan Friedman (Editor)

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 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.

608 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2013

Reviews

[Kamakana · Rating 5 out of 5]

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240517: excellent resource of texts on and by and about modern literature. but. this is resource read without guidance, skipping around according to interests, perhaps best as assigned text at u. there is everything from Oscar Wilde to Ernest Hemingway. but. most of the authors re canonical English eg. Virginia or Ruskin or Conrad, very few not Eurocentric, few critical, more appreciation, gives sense of the times...

and great excerpt from Henri Bergson in Creative Evolution that encapsulates in beautiful writing exactly his mature thought... think will go read it again...