Key Concepts in Modernist Literature (Key Concepts: Literature, 3)

Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, the book reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain. Three distinct sections explore the major concepts, themes and issues that characterize the literature. Cover Contents General Editor's Preface General Introduction 1 Contexts: History, Politics, Culture Introduction Anthropology Censorship Cities and Urbanization Class Culture Empire Fascism Language Market Nationalism Psychology Race Religion Science and Technology Sex and Sexuality War Women and Gender 2 Texts: Themes, Issues, Concepts Introduction Aestheticism and Decadence Allusion Anti-Semitism Apocalypse Avant-Garde Bloomsbury Cinema, Influence of Consciousness, Stream of Dada and Surrealism Drama Epiphany Fragmentation Futurism Harlem Renaissance Imagism and Vorticism Impersonality Irish Literature Manifesto Memory Music, Influence of Primitivism Realism and Naturalism Violence 3 Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice Introduction Cultural Materialism/New Historicism Deconstruction Feminist and Gender Criticism Leavisite Criticism Marxist Criticism New Criticism Postcolonialism Postmodernism Poststructuralism Psychoanalytic Criticism Structuralism Chronology References General Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Index of Works Cited A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y "This book provides a comprehensive overview of the great era of literary innovation that produced such giants as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot. Drawing on a wide selection of texts from 1890 to 1945, the volume covers the major figures studied while also introducing readers to all the essential movements and ideas of this exciting period."--Jacket Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, this book reflects the mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain. It includes three distinct sections that explore the major concepts, themes and issues that characterise the literature Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, the book reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain. Three distinct sections explore the major concepts, themes and issues that characterise the literature. Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, this title reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain