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Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction: 1848¿1945 defining the period, range and thematics of this book (Baudelaire to Benjamin): Kevin J. H. Dettmar PART I: ORIGINS, BEGINNINGS, AND THE NEW 1 Philosophy: The individual autonomous subject from Kant; Nietzsche, Bergson, Worringer: Jean-Michel Rabaté 2 Religion: The Darwinian moment and the Death of God: Pericles Lewis 3 Politics and the Masses: 1848, revolution, Nation, empire, communism, democracy, Marx etc, Fascism, war: Tyrus Miller 4 Physical Sciences: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epistemology: Michael Whitworth 5 Biological Sciences: Genetics, eugenics, degeneration, etc.: Angelique Richardson 6 Technology: Communication, transportation, manufacturing, warfare: Sara Danius 7 Psychology: Freud etc, sexuality: Perry Meisel 8 Anthropology: Frazer, primitivism, ethnology, race: Patricia Rae 9 Law: Censorship, obscenity, copyright & piracy: David Bradshaw 10 Language: Saussure, Wittgenstein: R. M. Berry 11 Geography: Fin de siècle triangulation between Europe, America, Britain; and other points of the compass: Nico Israel 12 Publishing/Circulation: Mark Morrison 13 Sex & Sexuality (as distinct from psychology), including the birth of modern feminism: Liesl Olson PART II: MOVEMENTS 14 Symbolism : Marshall Olds 15 Dada: Robert Short 16 Futurism (Italian & Russian): Tyrus Miller 17 Vorticism: Alan Munton 18 Imagism: Patrick McGuinness 19 Surrealism: Mary Ann Caws 20 Expressionism: Richard Murphy 21 Literary Impressionism: Max Saunders PART III: MODERNIST GENRES AND MODERN MEDIA 22 Novel: Jesse Matz 23 Poetry: Adam Parkes 24 Drama: Steve Watt 25 Visual Arts: Richard Weston 26 Film: Laura Marcus 27 Music (classical, opera, folk, jazz, blues): Bernie Gendron 28 Dance: Susan Jones 29 Architecture: Lee Morrissey 30 Photography: Maggie Humm PART IV: READINGS 31 W. H. Auden, Look, Stranger: Stephen Matthews 32 Djuna Barnes, Nightwood: Rebecca Loncraine 33 Samuel Beckett, Murphy: Porter Abbott 34 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness: Brian Schaffer 35 T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land.: David Chinitz 36 William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury: Karl Zender 37 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby: Ruth Prigozy 38 Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier: Sara Haslam 39 H. D., Collected Poems: Diana Collecott 40 Langston Hughes, Fine Clothes to the Jew: Edward Brunner 41 Zora N. Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God: Cheryl Wall 42 James Joyce, Ulysses & Finnegans Wake: Michael Patrick Gillespie 43 D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love: Joyce Wexler 44 W. Lewis, Tarr: Andrzej Gasiorek 45 Mina Loy, Lunar Baedecker: Michael Thurston 46 Marianne Moore, Observations: Catherine Paul 47 Ezra Pound, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley: Michael Coyle 48 Dorothy Richardson, Pilgrimmage: Laura Marcus 49 Gertrude Stein, Three Lives: Jaime Hovey 50 Wallace Stevens, Harmonium: Jonathan Levin 51 Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts: Jay Martin 52 William Carlos Williams, Paterson: Daniel Morris 53 Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse: Pamela Caughie 54 R. Wright, Native Son: Bill Mullen 55 W. B. Yeats, The Tower: Ed Larrisy 56 Modernist Non-Fiction Prose: Gary Wihl PART V: OTHER MODERNISMS 57 Modernism and Race: Martha Nadell 58 Modernism and Gender: Bonnie Kime Scott 59 Modernism Queered: Laura DOAN and Jane Garrity 60 Postcolonial Modernism: Bart Moore-Gilbert 61 Global Modernisms: Melba Cuddy-Keane 62 Postmodernism: Bran Nichol Epilogue: Back to the Future: Marjorie Perloff Index
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English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.