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A Handbook of Modernism Studies

Jean-Michel Rabate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:11th Dec '15

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Featuring the latest research findings and exploring the fascinating interplay of modernist authors and intellectual luminaries, from Beckett and Kafka to Derrida and Adorno, this bold new collection of essays gives students a deeper grasp of key texts in modernist literature.

  • Provides a wealth of fresh perspectives on canonical modernist texts, featuring the latest research data
  • Adopts an original and creative thematic approach to the subject, with concepts such as race, law, gender, class, time, and ideology forming the structure of the collection
  • Explores current and ongoing debates on the links between the aesthetics and praxis of authors and modernist theoreticians
  • Reveals the profound ways in which modernist authors have influenced key thinkers, and vice versa
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“An invaluable resource for literary theorists and modernism scholars … Highly recommended.” Choice

"A handbook, yes, but so much more: an inspiriting demonstration of the divergent, energetic, and innovative approaches that are transforming our sense of how modernism was, is, and one day might be understood. Indispensable, whatever your level of engagement with modernist studies." Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

“Jean-Michel Rabaté’s expertly assembled Handbook of Modernist Studies rereads Modernist literary texts through the lens of the most recent and up-to-date Continental theory. The 25 essays included here are as comprehensive and authoritative as they are sophisticated.” Marjorie Perloff

“This superb collection of new essays by leading figures in the field provides the reader with a satisfyingly complete yet also excitingly cutting-edge introduction to the study of Modernism in our time ... Indispensible for both experts and newcomers to the field.” Sianne Ngai, Stanford University

ISBN: 9781119121404

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 23mm

Weight: 730g

480 pages