Modernism: A Sourcebook [Paperback]

A wide-ranging collection of the key contextual documents which inform the Modernist period of Anglo-American literature. Documents are supported by substantial editorial material drawing connections to the major Modernist texts, and a full introduction outlining the key events, social and political movements, and cultural issues of the time.

STEVEN MATTHEWS is Professor of English Literature at Reading University. His publications include Irish Poetry: Politics, History, Negotiation (Palgrave Macmillan 1997), Yeats as Precursor (Palgrave Macmillan 2001) and Les Murray (MUP 2002). He is co-editor of Rewriting the Thirties (Longman 1997) and series editor of Contexts (Arnold).
STEVEN MATTHEWS is Professor of English Literature at Reading University. His publications include Irish Poetry: Politics, History, Negotiation (Palgrave Macmillan 1997), Yeats as Precursor (Palgrave Macmillan 2001) and Les Murray (MUP 2002). He is co-editor of Rewriting the Thirties (Longman 1997) and series editor of Contexts (Arnold).

FULL CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TIMELINE
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR MODERNIST TEXTS
SECTION ONE: KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS
Introduction
WORLD WAR ONE
Editorial on the Military Service Bill, which brought universal conscription to the UK, The Daily News and Leader, Thursday, January 6, 1916
Documents relating to the first day of the Battle of the Somme
The U.S. enters the War.
IRISH RISING, EASTER 1916. SECTION TWO: SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND CLASS
Introduction
1. ?mile Durkheim, The Division of Labour
2. Max Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
3. A.R. Orage, 'Towards Socialism V. The Meaning of Civilisation'
4. L.T. Hobhouse, Liberalism
5. Georges Sorel, Reflections on Violence
6. John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace
7. John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy
8. Charles F. G. Masterman, England After War
9. C.H. Douglas, Social Credit
SECTION THREE: GENDER l³›