Modernism, Sex, and Gender [Hardcover]

Modernism, Sex, and Genderis an up-to-date and in-depth review of how theories of gender and sexuality have shaped the way modernism has been read and interpreted from its inception to the present day. The volume explores four key aspects of modernist literature and criticism that have contributed to the new modernist studies: women's contributions to modernism; masculinities; sexuality; and the intersection of gender and sexuality with politics and law. Including brief case studies of such writers as May Sinclair and Radclyffe Hall, this book is a valuable guide for those looking to understand the history of critical thought on gender and sexuality in modernist studies today.Dividing their study into chapters on femininity, sexuality, masculinity, and the law, Marshik and Pease offer not only a history of how these topics evolved in modernist studies but also a handy primer on each topic and a valuable overview of some of the defining texts (complemented by a topical bibliography). In addition, each chapter includes at least one case study tracing the critical trajectory of an author (or authors), demonstrating how changes in modernist studies opened new critical territory for each & Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE

Celia Marshikis Professor of English at Stony Brook University, USA. She is editor ofThe Cambridge Companion to Modernist Culture(2015) and author ofBritish Modernism and Censorship(2009) andAt the Mercy of Their Clothes: Modernism, the Middlebrow, and British Garment Culture(2016).

Allison Peaseis Professor of English at John Jay College, City University of New York, USA. She is author ofModernism, Mass Culture, and the Aesthetics of Obscenity(2000),Modernism, Feminism, and the Culture of Boredom(2012) and editor ofThe Cambridge Companion to To the Lighthouse (2014).

Introduction
1. Feminine Difference
2. Sexuality
3. Masculinities
4. Sex, Law, and Politil�