A handbook of modernism studies Featuring the latest research findings and exploring the fascinating interplay of modernist authors and intellectual luminaries from Beckett and Kafka to Derrida and Adorno this bold new collection of essays gives students a deeper grasp of key texts in modernist literature.Provides a wealth of fresh perspectives on canonical modernist texts featuring the latest research dataAdopts an original and creative thematic approach to the subject with concepts such as race law gender class time and ideology forming the structure of the collectionExplores current and ongoing debates on the links between the aesthetics and praxis of authors and modernist theoreticiansReveals the profound ways in which modernist authors have influenced key thinkers and vice versa