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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814477503321

Autore

Gillies Mary Ann <1959->

Titolo

Modernist literature [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Mary Ann Gillies and Aurelea Mahood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-86647-0

9786610866472

0-7486-3161-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MahoodAurelea Denise

Disciplina

820.900912

Soggetti

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 1900's - the short story - gender and sexuality; the 1910's - poetry - war, technology and propaganda; the 1920's - the novel - new modes of literary expression; the 1930's - the documentary - political engagement. A final chapter covers the 1940's and beyond looking at new literary and artistic movements and 'other' modernisms.