Modernism and Empire - Howard Booth

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Résumé :
The first book to explore the relationship between literary modernism and the British Empire...

Biographie:
Howard J. Booth is Lecturer in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Literature and Culture at Birkbeck College, University of London Nigel Rigby is Head of Research at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London...

Sommaire:
This is the first book to explore the relationship between literary modernism and the British Empire. Contributors look at works from the traditional modernist canon as well as extending the range of work addresses - particularly emphasising texts from the Empire. A key issue raised is whether modernism sprang from a crisis in the colonial system, which it sought to extend, or whether the modern movement was a more sophisticated form of cultural imperialism. The chapters in Modernism and empire show the importance of empire to modernism. Patrick Williams theorises modernism and empire...