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Modernism emerged alongside radical challenges to traditional belief systems, the reorganization of public and private spheres, new modes of visual display, and innovations in recreation and entertainment. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the diverse inventions, products, pastimes, and creative forms that responded to and inspired American and European literature. This volume explores such wide-ranging subjects as religion, dance, and publishing, thus introducing readers to the diversity of modernist culture. The Companion serves as a valuable resource for both those undertaking the study of modernism for the first time and those seeking to expand their knowledge of modernism's cultural moment.
List of contents
1. Religion and spirituality Suzanne Hobson; 2. Science, technology, and the body Ulrika Maude; 3. Sexuality Allison Pease; 4. Militarism, pacifism, and internationalism Ellen Ross; 5. Consumer culture Elizabeth Outka; 6. Fashion Ilya Parkins; 7. Film and cinemas Susan McCabe; 8. Dance Carrie J. Preston; 9. Visual art Jessica Burstein; 10. Urban pleasures Judith Walkowitz; 11. Sport Allen Guttmann; 12. Travel Helen Carr; 13. Popular theater Len Platt; 14. Publishing George Bornstein.
About the author
Celia Marshik is Associate Professor of English at Stony Brook University. Her research focuses on British modernism, the relationship between modernism and the middlebrow, and the literature and culture of World War I. Marshik is the author of British Modernism and Censorship.
Summary
This Companion provides students and scholars alike with an interdisciplinary approach to literary modernism. Through essays written on a range of cultural contexts, this collection helps readers understand the significant changes in belief systems, visual culture, and pastimes that influenced, and were influenced by, the experimental literature published around 1890–1945.
