The Modernism Handbook

Zusammenfassung Gives an accessible and comprehensive introduction to British Modernism as a literary movement. This resource offers literature students with information and guidance needed at the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. It includes: introductions to authors, texts and contexts; and guides to key critics. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editors' Introduction Introduction: Beginning with Modernism, Philip Tew (Brunel University) and Alex Murray (University of Exeter) Timeline, Nicola Allen (University of Central England)1. The Historical Context of Modernist Literature, Leigh Wilson (University of Westminster) 2. Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Emmett Stinson (University of Melbourne)3. Case Studies in Reading: Key Primary Literary Texts, Jeanette Baxter (University of East Anglia)4. Case Studies in Reading: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts, Bryony Randell (University of Glasgow)5. Key Critical Concepts, Topics and Figures, David Ian Paddy (Whittier College)6. Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches, Gary Day (De Montfort University)7. Changes in the Canon, Alex Murray (University of Exeter)8. Gender and Modernism, Deborah Parsons (University of Birmingham)9. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape, Andrew Thacker (De Montfort University)Glossary, Philip Tew (Brunel University)Appendix: A Survey of Modernist Literature Curricula, Steve Barfield (University of Westminster) Notes on ContributorsAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Alex Murray, Philip Tew, Philip (EDT)/ Murray Tew
• Assisted by: Alex Murray (Editor), Philip Tew (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780826488428
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8842-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Literature and Culture Handboo; Literature and Culture Handbooks; Literature and Culture Handboo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000