Title: Modernism /
Authors: Matthews, Steven, 1961-
Publisher: Arnold ; Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: English literature History and criticism; American literature History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) English-speaking countries
Abstract: "This book considers the major authors and texts of the modernist period, mapping the literary alongside the historical and social issues of the time. It provides a lucid overview and informed readings of works by Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, E.M. Forster and many others." "Modernism also includes a time-line of key events and a bibliography to aid further study."--Jacket.
Contents: Modernism: origins and overview -- Modernism, cities, and societies -- Modernist wars and conflicts -- Modernism and primitivism -- Modernism, nationalism, and gender -- Has modernism ended?