| Modernism: Evolution of an Idea Contributor(s): Latham, Sean (Author), Rogers, Gayle (Author), Rogers, Gayle (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472523776 ISBN-13: 9781472523778 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809.911 |
| LCCN: 2016296430 |
| Series: New Modernisms |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What exactly is "modernism"? And how and why has its definition changed over time? Modernism: Evolution of an Idea is the first book to trace the development of the term "modernism" from cultural debates in the early twentieth century to the dynamic contemporary field of modernist studies. Rather than assuming and recounting the contributions of modernism's chief literary and artistic figures, this book focuses on critical formulations and reception through topics such as: - The evolution of "modernism" from a pejorative term in intellectual arguments, through its condemnation by Pope Pius X in 1907, and on to its subsequent centrality to definitions of new art by T. S. Eliot, Laura Riding and Robert Graves, F. R. Leavis, Edmund Wilson, and Clement Greenberg- New Criticism and its legacies in the formation of the modernist canon in anthologies, classrooms, and literary histories - The shifting conceptions of modernism during the rise of gender and race studies, French theory, Marxist criticism, postmodernism, and more - The New Modernist Studies and its contemporary engagements with the politics, institutions, and many cultures of modernism internationally With a glossary of key terms and movements and a capacious critical bibliography, this is an essential survey for students and scholars working in modernist studies at all levels |
Contributor Bio(s): Latham, Sean: - Sean Latham is Pauline Walter Endowed Chair of English and Comparative Literature and director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. He is editor of the James Joyce Quarterly, co-founder of the Modernist Journals Project. His teaching and research focuses on modernist studies, James Joyce, periodicals, media theory, and the digital humanities. He is the author or editor of nine books including "Am I a Snob?+?: Modernism and the Novel ( 2003), The Art of Scandal Modernism, Libel Law, and the Roman Á Clef (2009), and The Little Review Ulysses (2015).Rogers, Gayle: - Gayle Rogers is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, where is affiliated with the European Studies Center, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Cultural Studies program. He works primarily on global modernisms, literary history, translation, comparative literature, and periodicals. His publications include Modernism and the New Spain: Britain, Cosmopolitan Europe, and Literary History (2012), and a number of works in PMLA, Modernism/Modernity, Comparative Literature, NOVEL, Journal of Modern Literature, James Joyce Quarterly, The Oxford Handbook of Global Modernisms, Journal of Modern Periodical Studies, Modern Fiction Studies, Revista de Estudios Orteguianos, and 100 Escritores del siglo XX. His book Incomparable Empires: American Literature, Spanish Translation, and Global Modernisms is forthcoming in 2016. |