The new modernist studies reader : an anthology of essential criticism

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The new modernist studies reader : an anthology of essential criticism

edited by Sean Latham and Gayle Rogers

Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

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Bringing together 17 foundational texts in contemporary modernist criticism in one accessible volume, this book explores the debates that have transformed the field of modernist studies at the turn of the millennium and into the 21st century. The New Modernist Studies Reader features chapters covering the major topics central to the study of modernism today, including: · Feminism, gender, and sexuality · Empire and race · Print and media cultures · Theories and history of modernism Each text includes an introductory summary of its historical and intellectual contexts, with guides to further reading to help students and teachers explore the ideas further. Includes essential texts by leading critics such as: Anne Anlin Cheng, Brent Hayes Edwards, Rita Felski, Susan Stanford Friedman, Mark Goble, Miriam Bratu Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, David James, Heather K. Love, Douglas Mao, Mark S. Morrisson, Michael North, Jessica Pressman, Lawrence Rainey, Paul K. Saint-Amour, Bonnie Kime Scott, Urmila Seshagiri, Robert Spoo, and Rebecca L. Walkowitz.

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Introduction, Sean Latham and Gayle Rodgers 1. “The Hidden Dialectic: Avantgarde--Technology--Mass Culture,” and “Mass Culture as Woman: Modernism’s Other” (1986) Andreas Huyssen (Columbia University, USA) 2. “Introduction,” from The Gender of Modernism: A Critical Anthology (1990) Bonnie Kime Scott (San Diego State University, USA) 3. “Against the Standard: Linguistic Imitation, Racial Masquerade, and Modernist Rebellion,” (1994) Michael North (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 4. “Modernity and Feminism,” (1995) Rita Felski (University of Virginia, USA) 5. “Consuming Investments: Joyce’s Ulysses,” (1998) Lawrence Rainey (University of York, UK) 6. “The Mass Production of the Senses: Classical Cinema as Vernacular Modernism” (1999) Miriam Hansen 7. “Youth in Public: The Little Review and Commercial Culture in Chicago,” (2001) Mark S. Morrisson (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 8. “Variations on a Preface” (2003) Brent Hayes Edwards (Columbia University, USA) 9. “Periodizing Modernism: Postcolonial Modernities and the Space/Time Borders of Modernist Studies” (2006) Susan Stanford Friedman (University of Wisconsin, USA) 10. "Forced Exile: Walter Pater's Queer Modernism" (2006) Heather K. Love (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 11. “The New Modernist Studies” (2008) Douglas Mao (Johns Hopkins University, USA) and Rebecca Walkowitz (Rutgers University, USA) 12. “Love and Noise” (2010) Mark Goble (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 13. “Her Own Skin,” (2011) Anne Anlin Cheng (Princeton University, USA) 14. “Introduction,” (2014) Jessica Pressman (San Diego State University, USA) 15. “Metamodernism” (2014) David James (University of Birmingham, UK) and Urmila Seshagiri (University of Tennessee, USA) 16. “Oscar Wilde, Man of Law,” (2018) Robert Spoo (University of Tulsa, USA) 17. “Weak Theory, Weak Modernism” (2018) Paul K. Saint-Amour (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

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  • NCID
    BC10494120
  • ISBN
    • 9781350106253
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 372 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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