Modernism – A Literature in Crisis - Terry Eagleton

An engaging, approachable introduction to literary modernism  Modernism represented an astonishing outbreak of cultural innovation, spanning artforms and nations. It was centred around feelings of growing alienation in an industrial world, and a desire to change how people live together in society. Art, architecture, literature, and music all underwent a radical revolution.  Although it was confined to small coteries of artists and lasted no more than thirty years, its techniques were appropriated... Zobrazit více