Modernism, war, and violence / Marina MacKay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKay, Marina, 1975- author.

Series:

New modernisms series (Bloomsbury (Firm))

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature).

War and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. A Terrible Beauty is Born

2. Modernism and the Great War

3. Modernism and Political Violence

4. Journeys to a War

5. Modernism and the Second World War

Epilogue: Cold War Modernism?

Works Cited

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350001114

1350001112

9781472590084

1472590082

9781472590091

1472590090

OCLC:

980814851