Modernism

Peter Childs (Newman University College, UK), John Drakakis

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Routledge
26 September 2016

Literary theory; Literary studies: from c 1900 -

Series: The New Critical Idiom

Modernist movements radically transformed the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary establishment, and their effects are still felt today. Modernism introduces and analyzes what amounted to nothing less than a literary and cultural revolution.

In this fully updated, expanded, and revised third edition, charting modernism in its global and local contexts, Peter Childs:

details the origins of modernism and the influence of thinkers such as Darwin, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Saussure and Einstein

explores the radical changes which occurred in the arts, literature, drama, and film of the period

traces 'modernism at work' in literature, especially in writings by a range of British, Irish, American and other Anglophone authors including James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, Nella Larsen, Gertrude Stein, Katherine Mansfield, T. S. Eliot, and many others

explains recent critical interest in the culture and worldwide impact of modernism

reflects upon the shift from modernism to postmodernism.

At once accessible and critically informed, Modernism guides readers from first steps in the field to an advanced understanding of one of the most important cultural phenomena of the last centuries.

By: Peter Childs (Newman University College UK)
Series edited by: John Drakakis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781138931619
ISBN 10: 1138931616
Series: The New Critical Idiom
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 26 September 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Childs is Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor at Newman University, UK. He has edited or written over twenty books on diverse subjects ranging from contemporary British culture to post-colonial theory.