The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism

More than a century after its beginnings, modernism still hasthe power to shock, alienate or challenge readers. Modernist artand literature remain thought of as complex and difficult. Thisintroduction explains in a readable, lively style how modernismemerged, how it is defined, and how it developed in different formsand genres. Pericles Lewis offers students a survey of literatureand art in England, Ireland and Europe at the beginning of thetwentieth century. He also provides an overview of critical thoughton modernism and its continuing influence on the arts today,reflecting the interests of current scholarship in the social andcultural contexts of modernism. The comparative perspective onAnglo-American and European modernism shows how European movementshave influenced the development of English-language modernism.Illustrated with works of art and featuring suggestions for furtherstudy, this is the ideal introduction to understanding and enjoyingmodernist literature and art.