Modernisms: A Literary GuideThe recent enthusiasm for things postmodern has often produced a caricature of Modernism as monolithic and reactionary. Peter Nicholls argues instead that the distinctive feature of Modernism is its diversity. Through a lively analysis of each of Modernism's main literary movements, he explores the connections between the new stylistic developments and the shifting politics of gender and authority. Nicholls introduces a wealth of literary experimentation, beginning with Baudelaire and Mallarmé and moving forward to the first avant-gardes. Close readings of key texts monitor the explosive histories of Futurism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, histories that allow Anglo-American Modernism to be seen in a strikingly different light. In revealing Modernism's broad and varied terrain, Nicholls evokes the richness of a cultural moment that continues to shape our own. |
Contents
Of a Certain Tone | 1 |
French Cubism and Russian | 112 |
The Development | 136 |
Modernity and the Men of 1914 | 169 |
Other Modernisms | 193 |
Dada | 223 |
The Narratives of High Modernism | 251 |
The Surrealist Adventure | 279 |
Notes | 303 |
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