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The Concept of Modernism

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Description for The Concept of Modernism Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 372 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.

The term "modernism" is central to any discussion of twentieth-century literature and critical theory. Astradur Eysteinsson here maintains that the concept of modernism does not emerge directly from the literature it subsumes, but is in fact a product of critical practices relating to nontraditional literature. Intervening in these practices, and correlating them with modernist works and with modern literary theory, Eysteinsson undertakes a comprehensive reexamination of the idea of modernism.

Eysteinsson critically explores various manifestations of modernism in a rich array of American, British, and European literature, criticism, and theory. He first examines many modernist paradigms, detecting in them a ... Read more

Comparatists, literary theorists, cultural historians, and others interested in twentieth-century literature and art will profit from this provocative book.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801480775
SKU
V9780801480775
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About Astradur Eysteinsson
Astradur Eysteinsson is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland.

Reviews for The Concept of Modernism
An exemplary study of the idea of 'modernism.'... Eysteinsson moves with remarkable ease from readings and discussions of the definitions and uses of the concept of modernism within literary criticism to the placement of the concept of modernism within literary history and to intelligent and illuminating readings of particular modernist literary text and authors.
World Literature Today
Brave ... Read more

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