Modernist literature 1890-1950

Author(s)

• Day, Gary

Bibliographic Information

Modernist literature 1890-1950

Gary Day

（York notes companions）

York Press , Pearson/Longman, 2010

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction
• A cultural overview
• Texts, writers and contexts
• Critical theories and debates
• References and resources

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The period 1890 to 1950 is remarkable for radical innovation and literary development. This volume looks back to the origins of Modernism and the traditions that shaped it, examining texts from France, America, England and Ireland to provide a stimulating and original take on this unique movement in literary history. Combining textual analysis with key critical approaches, the book considers central texts such as Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce's The Portrait of the Artist and Lawrence's Women in Love alongside wider debates on "Literature and War", "Modernism, Music and the Visual Arts" and "Modernism and its Critics".

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction Part Two: A Cultural Overview Part Three: Texts, Writers and Contexts Modernist poetry - French Origins, English Settings: Baudelaire, Mallarme and the Georgians o Extended commentary: Imagism Modernist poetry - America, Ireland and England: Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Yeats and Eliot o Extended commentary: T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922) * The Modernist novel and tradition: Flaubert, Mann, Kafka and Joyce Extended commentary: Joyce, The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) * The Modernist novel II: Saki, Woolf and Lawrence Extended commentary: Lawrence, Women in Love (1920) The Modernist play I - Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello and Beckett Extended commentary: Beckett,Endgame (1957) The Modernist play II - Conrad, Brecht and Artaud o Extended commentary: Brecht, Baal (1923) Part Four: Critical theories and Debates Literature and War Modernist Print Culture Modernism, Music the Visual Arts Modernism and its Critics Part Five: Resources Timeline Further reading Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB04374863
• ISBN:
  • 9781408204764
• LCCN: 2010011361
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London,New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: iv, 342 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN56.M54
  • DC22 : 809/.9112
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Modernism (Literature) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB04374604