A concise companion to modernism
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A concise companion to modernism
（Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture）
Blackwell, 2003
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 262-265
Includes index
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: hbk ISBN 9780631220541
Description
This concise Companion offers an innovative approach to understanding the Modernist literary mind in Britain, focusing on the intellectual and cultural contexts which shaped it. The book consists of twelve chapters written by leading scholars, each spotlighting ideas emanating from a particular field which helped to shape Modernism, including eugenics, primitivism, Freudianism, and Nietzscheanism. Each contributor deals with his or her topic in some depth, but also pays attention to the impact it had on overarching issues. At the same time, the contributors identify contemporary developments in other disciplines, especially art, architecture, music, film, and philosophy, which paralleled developments in poetry, fiction, and drama. Each chapter concludes with a brief guide to further reading.Through reading this Companion, students will gain an understanding of Modernism as a historical and cultural phenomenon, as well as a literary movement.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. Notes On Contributors. Chronology. Introduction (David Bradshaw) 1. The Life Sciences: Everybody Nowadays Talks About Evolution (Angelique Richardson) 2. Eugenics: They Should Certainly Be Killed (David Bradshaw) 3. Nietzscheanism: The Superman And The All-Too-Human (Michael Bell) 4. Anthropology: The Latest Form Of Evening Entertainment (Jeremy Macclancy) 5. Bergsonism: Time Out Of Mind (Mary Ann Gillies) 6. Psychoanalysis In Britain: The Rituals Of Destruction (Stephen Frosh) 7. Language: History Is A Nightmare From Which I Am Trying To Awake (April Mcmahon) 8. Technology: Multiplied Mann (Tim Armstrong) 9. The Concept Of The State: The Discredit Of The State Is A Sign That It Has Done Its Work Well (Sarah Wilkinson) 10. Physics: A Strange Footprint (Michael H. Whitworth) 11. Modernist Publishing: Nomads And Mapmakers (Peter Mcdonald) 12. Reading: "'Mind Hungers' Common And Uncommon" (Todd Avery and Patrick Brantlinger) Select Bibliography. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631220558
Description
This concise Companion offers an innovative approach to understanding the Modernist literary mind in Britain, focusing on the intellectual and cultural contexts, which shaped it.
Offers an innovative approach to understanding the Modernist literary mind in Britain.
Helps readers to grasp the intellectual and cultural contexts of literary Modernism.
Organised around contemporary ideas such as Freudianism and eugenics rather than literary genres.
Relates literary Modernism to the overarching issues of the period, such as feminism, imperialism and war.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Notes on Contributors viii
Chronology xi
Introduction 1
David Bradshaw
1 The Life Sciences: "Everybody nowadays talks about evolution" 6
Angelique Richardson
2 Eugenics: "They should certainly be killed" 34
David Bradshaw
3 Nietzscheanism: "The Superman and the all-too-human" 56
Michael Bell
4 Anthropology: "The latest form of evening entertainment" 75
Jeremy MacClancy
5 Bergsonism: "Time out of mind" 95
Mary Ann Gillies
6 Psychoanalysis in Britain: "The rituals of destruction" 116
Stephen Frosh
7 Language: "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake" 138
April McMahon
8 Technology: "Multiplied man" 158
Tim Armstrong
9 The Concept of the State 1880-1939: "The discredit of the State is a sign that it has done its work well" 179
Sarah Wilkinson
10 Physics: "A strange footprint" 200
Michael H. Whitworth
11 Modernist Publishing: "Nomads and mapmakers" 221
Peter D. McDonald
12 Reading: "'Mind hungers' common and uncommon" 243
Todd Avery and Patrick Brantlinger
Select Bibliography 262
Index 266
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