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Publication date 2005 topics modernism literature united states, american literature 20th century history and criticism publisher cambridge, eng. Hogle this book is a wonderful start to anyone wanting to look at the idea of the gothic. The cambridge companion to ezra pound cambridge, 1999, pp. The first part explores the historical literary criticism jul 19. One modernism course, british or american, is a requirement for english literature students. Cambridge companions to literatureseries overdrive. Modernist poetics instructors should select at least one text by each of the following authors. Hayes the cambridge introduction to george eliot nancy henry the cambridge introduction to w. The cambridge companion to the american modernist novel ebook. Ma, english and american literature, new york university, 1992 ba, english and american literature, university of colorado, boulder, 1989 wadham college, oxford university 19871988 books. Erotics, families, masculinities oxford university press, 20 glen, heather, charlotte bronte.
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In the cambridge companion to modernism, ten eminent scholars from britain and the united states offer timely new appraisals of the revolutionary cultural transformations of the first decades of the twentieth century. The comparative perspective on angloamerican and european modernism shows how european movements have influenced the development of englishlanguage modernism. Walter kalaidjian, introduction, the cambridge companion to american modernism, cambridge up, 2005. The cambridge companion to modernism this companion has long been a standard introduction to the field. Love and death in american literature uab barcelona. With the exception of the inclass examination, all written work must be. Stein and the correlations of writing and science and editor of the cambridge companion to literature and science. Cultural transactions is a comprehensive and informative companion to the field of american literary modernism. Recent writing on us immigration, imperialism, and territorial expansion has. Living in the movies and learning in college, in classical antiquity and american popular. Modes of thinking in young children a study of the creativityintelligence distinction pdf. Colonial modernism elleke boehmer and steven matthews further reading index. Illustrated with works of art and featuring suggestions for further study, this is the ideal introduction to understanding and enjoying modernist literature and art.
Novel, in the cambridge companion to modernism, ed. May 01, 2007 this introduction explains in a readable, lively style how modernism emerged, how it is defined, and how it developed in different forms and genres. Steven meyer, the spring 2020 franke visiting fellow at. Jul 15, 2004 the cambridge companion to postmodernism offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. What can be safely called modernism emerged in the middle of the last centuryand rather locally, in france, with baudelaire in literature and manet in painting, and perhaps with flaubert, too, in prose fiction modernisms first steps were tentative. A companion to african american literature edited by gene jarrett 72. The cambridge companion to the american modernist novel. The cambridge companion to american modernism edited by. Jimmie killingsworth the cambridge introduction to modernism.
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