Modernism's Print Cultures [Hardcover]

The print culture of the early twentieth century has become a major area of interest in contemporary Modernist Studies.Modernism's Print Culturessurveys the explosion of scholarship in this field and provides an incisive, well-informed guide for students and scholars alike. Surveying the key critical work of recent decades, the book explores such topics as:

- Periodical publishing  from 'little magazines' such asRhythmto glossy publications such asVanity Fair
-The material aspects of early twentieth-century publishing  small presses, typography, illustration and book design
- The circulation of modernist print artefacts through the book trade, libraries, book clubs and cafes
-Educational and political print initiatives

Including accounts of archival material available online, targeted lists of key further reading and a survey of new trends in the field, this is an essential guide to an important area in the study of modernist literature.

Faye Hammillis Professor of English at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Her most recent books areMagazines, Travel and Middlebrow Culture(2015), with Michelle Smith, andSophistication: A Literary and Cultural History(2010), winner of the European Society for the Study of English book award.

Mark Husseyis Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University, USA. He is editor of the Cambridge edition of Virginia Woolf'sBetween the Acts(2011) and editsWoolf Studies Annual.

An exemplary book &Modernisms Print Culturesmaintains these high standards and is the best single introduction to the newish field of modernisms complex engagement with book history, periodical studies, and various other forms of printed materials: it is impressive in its coverage and authoritative in its judgments & If you wish to learn more of how the field of print culture studies is transforming the study of
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