The Cambridge companion to modernist women writers Women played a central role in literary modernism theorizing debating writing and publishing the critical and imaginative work that resulted in a new literary culture during the early twentieth century. This volume provides a thorough overview of the main genres the important issues and the key figures in womens writing during the years 1890 1945. The essays treat the work of Woolf Stein Cather H. D. Barnes Hurston and many others in detail; they also explore womens salons little magazines activism photography film criticism and dance. Written especially for this Companion these lively essays introduce students and scholars to the vibrant field of womens modernism