The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 10: The Modern Movement (1910-1940)
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Author Description
The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and the ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers.This exciting new volume provides a freshly inclusive account of literature in England in the period before, during, and after the First World War. Chris Baldick places the modernist achievements of Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce within the rich context of non-modernist writings across all major genres, allowing "high" literary art to be read against the background of "low" entertainment. Looking well beyond the modernist vanguard, Baldick highlights the survival and renewal of realist traditions in these decades of post-Victorian disillusionment. Ranging widely across psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, and children's books, The Modern Movement provides a unique survey of the literature of this turbulent time.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the complex literary landscape of England between 1910 and 1940, questioning how the modernist movement interacted with broader cultural and traditional forms. Chris Baldick, a prominent scholar in the field, utilizes a comprehensive historical framework to analyze the interplay between high-art modernism and popular literary genres. By examining the period through the lens of post-Victorian disillusionment, the author argues that the era was defined as much by the persistence of realist traditions as it was by the experimental vanguard. The text synthesizes archival research and critical analysis to provide a balanced account of a turbulent era in British letters.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A detailed examination of the literary period spanning 1910 to 1940, encompassing the First World War.
- Comparative analysis between modernist figures like Virginia Woolf and T. S. Eliot and contemporary non-modernist writers.
- A broad survey of diverse genres including detective fiction, war poetry, satire, and children's literature.
- Contextualization of literary production within the socio-political shifts of post-Victorian England.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and students of English literature frequently cite this work as a foundational reference for understanding the complexities of the early twentieth-century canon. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous and thorough assessment of the era's diverse literary output.
Page Count:
496
Publication Date:
2006-01-12
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199288348
ISBN-13:
9780199288342
History
Academic
Modernism
English literature
Literary Criticism
