| Modernism: Evolution of an Idea Contributor(s): Latham, Sean (Author), Rogers, Gayle (Author), Rogers, Gayle (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472531248 ISBN-13: 9781472531247 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809.911 |
| LCCN: 2016296430 |
| Series: New Modernisms |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.02 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 Professor and Pauline Walter Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa, USA. He is a former President of the Modernist Studies Association, current Editor of the James Joyce Quarterly and Co-Directory of the Modernist Journals Project (http: //dl.lib.brown.edu/mjp/). His many publications include The Art of Scandal: Modernism, Libel Law and the Roman a Clef (OUP, 2009) and, as Editor, The Cambridge Companion to Ulysses (CUP, 2013). |