The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism

More than a century after its beginnings modernism still has the power toshock alienate or challenge readers. Modernist art and literature remainthought of as c... » 

More than a century after its beginnings modernism still has the power toshock alienate or challenge readers. Modernist art and literature remainthought of as complex and difficult. This introduction explains in a readablelively style how modernism emerged how it is defined and how it developed indifferent forms and genres. Pericles Lewis offers students a survey ofliterature and art in England Ireland and Europe at the beginning of thetwentieth century. He also provides an overview of critical thought onmodernism and its continuing influence on the arts today reflecting theinterests of current scholarship in the social and cultural contexts ofmodernism. The comparative perspective on AngloAmerican and European modernismshows how European movements have influenced the development of Englishlanguage modernism. Illustrated with works of art and featuring suggestions forfurther study this is the ideal introduction to understanding and enjoyingmodernist literature and art. «