Modernism, War, and Violence

Modernism, War, and Violence
ISBN-10
1472590082
ISBN-13
9781472590084
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2017-05-18
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Marina MacKay

Description

The modernist period was an era of world war and violent revolution. Covering a wide range of authors from Joseph Conrad and Thomas Hardy at the beginning of the period to Elizabeth Bowen and Samuel Beckett at the end, this book situates modernism's extraordinary literary achievements in their contexts of historical violence, while surveying the ways in which the relationships between modernism and conflict have been understood by readers and critics over the past fifty years. Ranging from the colonial conflicts of the late 19th century to the world wars and the civil wars in between, and concluding with the institutionalization of modernism in the Cold War, Modernism, War, and Violence provides a starting point for readers who are new to these topics and offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field for a more advanced audience.

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