Modernism

This introductory guide to Modernism and its contexts from 1890-1939 includes: an overview of the historical cultural and intellectual background including arts science and philosophy; a survey of the developments in key genres including discussion of major writers and groups including Virginia Woolf T.S. Eliot James Joyce and the Bloomsbury group; concise explanations of key terms needed to<br/>understand the literature and criticism; a guide to key critical<br/>approaches to Modernism from early twentieth-century critics to the present; a chronology mapping historical events and literary works from this era; and a guide to further reading including websites and electronic resources.