Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Rethinking Modernism, remapping the turn of the twentieth century -- Beatrice Webb and the 'serious' artist -- Inventing literary tradition, ghosting Oscar Wilde and the Victorian Fin de Sïcle -- The Lost Girl, Tarr, and the 'Moment' of Modernism -- Mapping the middlebrow in Edwardian England -- 'Life is not composed of watertight compartments': the New Age's Critique of Modernist Literary Specialization -- Conclusion: Modernism and English studies in history.
Note
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Summary
Ardis questions commonly held views of the radical nature of literary modernism. She positions the coterie of writers centered around Pound, Eliot, and Joyce as one among a number of groups in Britain intent on redefining the cultural work of literature at the turn of the twentieth century.