Modernism and Theory
A critical debate
Price: $39.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-46157-3
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 10th October 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 272
About the Book
Modernism and Theory boldly asks what – if any – role theory has to play in the new modernist studies. Separated into three sections, each with a clear introduction, this collection of new essays from leading critics outlines ongoing debates on the nature of modernist culture.
This collection
- Examines aesthetic and methodological links between modernist literature and theory.
- Addresses questions of the importance of theory to our understanding of ‘modernism’ and modernism as a literary category.
- Considers intersections of modernism and theory within ethics, ecocriticism and the avant-garde.
Concluding with an afterword from Fredric Jameson, the book makes use of an innovative dialogic format, offering a direct and engaging experience of the current debate in modernist studies.
Contributors: Stephen Ross, Anneleen Masschelein, Ian Buchanan, Roger Rothman, Allan Stoekl, Thomas S. Davis, Ben Highmore, Hilary Thompson, Pamela Caughie, Neil Levi, Glenn Willmott, C.D. Blanton, Morag Shiach, Oleg Gelikman, Martin Jay, Andrew John Miller, Scott McCracken, Charles F. Altieri, Melba Cuddy-Keane, Bonnie Kime Scott, Susan Stanford Friedman, Jane Goldman and Fredric Jameson.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Missing Link - Stephen Ross Part One – The Modernism of Theory: Concrete Connections Part Two – The Theory of Modernism: Abstract Affiliations Part Three – Forum Afterword - Fredric Jameson