Modernism - (Introductions to British Literature and Culture) by Leigh Wilson (Paperback)

About the Book

This guide provides a clear and concise overview of literature and its context from 1890-1939.

Book Synopsis

This introductory guide to Modernism and its contexts from 1890-1939 includes: an overview of the historical, cultural and intellectual background including arts, science and philosophy; a survey of the developments in key genres including discussion of major writers and groups including Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce and the Bloomsbury group; concise explanations of key terms needed to
understand the literature and criticism; a guide to key critical
approaches to Modernism from early twentieth-century critics to the present; a chronology mapping historical events and literary works from this era; and a guide to further reading, including websites and electronic resources.

Review Quotes

'this is a book which we would like our first years to have read - a guide which gives the information without which a student would be entirely at sea.' - Professor Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University (from proposal)

'your new series looks interesting and timely' - Professor Elaine Treharne, University of Leicester (Chair of the English Association)

'[these guides will] provide what students really want/need to know when they begin a module, in a way that makes sense before they've done the module itselfathe lack of this has really been my problem with survey books for students already on the market' - Leigh Wilson, University of Westminster (from proposal)

'[this] series offers both the student reader and teacher exciting and invaluable interventions in and reorientations around questions of history, culture, and period ... With brio, verve, and an admirable brevity, the series grounds our understanding of literature and culture in thought-provoking and highly original ways. ... an indispensable series that will set the benchmark for all such surveys and overviews.' - Julian Wolfreys, Professor of Victorian Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Florida.

'Concept looks good ... I like the idea... they should do very well'--Lee Morgan, Head of Sales at Compass

'This looks excellent; I shall look forward to seeing the first texts.' - Jennifer Nicholson, University of Newcastle

"There is a useful and interesting section on the philosophical and religious background to the rise of modernism...an excellent section entitled 'Modernist Literature'...Wilson concludes that there is to be found a certain coherence in the ideas and kinds of writing that the tem 'modernism' has come to describe. I think this has been amply and well documented in her book... This really is an excellent discussion." - The Use of English

About the Author

Leigh Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster, UK.