Modernism's Print Cultures

The print culture of the early twentieth century has become a major area of interest in contemporary Modernist Studies. Modernism''s Print Cultures surveys the explosion of scholarship in this field and provides an incisive, well-informed guide for students and scholars alike. Surveying the key critical work of recent decades, the book explores such topics as: - Periodical publishing - from ''little magazines'' such as Rhythm to glossy publications such as Vanity Fair - The material aspects of early twentieth-century publishing - small presses, typography, illustration and book design - The circulation of modernist print artefacts through the book trade, libraries, book clubs and cafes - Educational and political print initiativesIncluding accounts of archival material available online, targeted lists of key further reading and a survey of new trends in the field, this is an essential guide to an important area in the study of modernist literature.>

About the author

Faye Hammill is Professor of English at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Her previous books include Sophistication: A Literary and Cultural History (2010), winner of the European Society for the Study of English book award and Women, Celebrity and Literary Culture Between the Wars (2007).Mark Hussey is Professor of English at Pace University, USA. He is editor of the Cambridge edition of Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts (2011) and author of Virginia Woolf A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings (1996).

Product details

• Authors: Faye Hammill, Faye (Professor of English Hammill, Professor Faye (Professor of English Hammill, Mark Hussey, Mark (Professor of English Hussey, Professor Mark (Professor of English Hussey
• Assisted by: Sean Latham (Editor), Gayle Rogers (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781472573254
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-7325-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: New Modernisms; New Modernisms
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade