Modernism Keywords
Synopsis
Guided by the historical semantics developed in Raymond Williams' pioneering study of cultural vocabulary, Modernism: Keywords presents a series of short entries on words used with frequency and urgency in “written modernism,” tracking cultural and literary debates and transformative moments of change. Short-listed for The Modernist Studies Association 2015 Book Prize for an Edition, Anthology, or Essay Collection Highlights and exposes the salient controversies and changing cultural thought at the heart of modernism Goes beyond constructions of “plural modernisms” to reveal all modernist writing as overlapping and interactive in a simultaneous and interlocking mix Draws from a vast compilation of more than a thousand sources, ranging from vernacular prose to experimental literary forms Spans the “long” modernist period, from its incipient beginnings c.1880 to its post-WWII aftermath Approaches English written modernism in its own terms, tempering explanations of modernism often derived from European poets and painters Models research techniques based on digital databases and collaborative work in the humanitiesBook details
- Series:
- Keywords in Literature and Culture (KILC).
- Author:
- Melba Cuddy-Keane, Adam Hammond, Alexandra Peat
- ISBN:
- 9781118325971
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781118325940, 9781118340424, 9781405186551
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2019-12-13
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Copyright by:
- Melba Cuddy-Keane, Adam Hammond, Alexandra Peat
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Language Arts, Literature and Fiction