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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lara Feigel , Alexandra HarrisPublisher: Peter Lang Ltd Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd Edition: New edition Volume: 2 Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781906165406ISBN 10: 1906165408 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 15 October 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""An immensely enjoyable feat of cultural beachcombing, fresh, diverse and enlightening"" (John Carey, emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and author of 'What Good Are the Arts?') ""Readers who love the British seaside will find this volume as bracing as Skegness on a windy day"" (Brian Evans, 'Virginia Woolf Bulletin') ""This volume of intelligent and attractive essays is full of particular insights, and is to be applauded for its championing of the seaside as a site of cultural creativity"" (Peter Borsay, 'Times Higher Education') ""From Virginia Woolf to Benjamin Britten to Sylvia Plath: a fascinating take on the wave of the avant-garde breaking on British shores"" (J.B. Bullen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading) ""Readable and thought-provoking [...] a stimulating and wide-ranging collection"" (Christiana Payne, 'Oxford Art Journal') ""Modernism on Sea is a compilation of serious scholarly essays disguised in red and white beach stripes"" (London Review Bookshop)" An immensely enjoyable feat of cultural beachcombing, fresh, diverse and enlightening (John Carey, emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and author of 'What Good Are the Arts?') Readers who love the British seaside will find this volume as bracing as Skegness on a windy day (Brian Evans, 'Virginia Woolf Bulletin') This volume of intelligent and attractive essays is full of particular insights, and is to be applauded for its championing of the seaside as a site of cultural creativity (Peter Borsay, 'Times Higher Education') From Virginia Woolf to Benjamin Britten to Sylvia Plath: a fascinating take on the wave of the avant-garde breaking on British shores (J.B. Bullen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading) Readable and thought-provoking [...] a stimulating and wide-ranging collection (Christiana Payne, 'Oxford Art Journal') Modernism on Sea is a compilation of serious scholarly essays disguised in red and white beach stripes (London Review Bookshop) An immensely enjoyable feat of cultural beachcombing, fresh, diverse and enlightening (John Carey, emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and author of 'What Good Are the Arts?') Readers who love the British seaside will find this volume as bracing as Skegness on a windy day (Brian Evans, 'Virginia Woolf Bulletin') This volume of intelligent and attractive essays is full of particular insights, and is to be applauded for its championing of the seaside as a site of cultural creativity (Peter Borsay, 'Times Higher Education') From Virginia Woolf to Benjamin Britten to Sylvia Plath: a fascinating take on the wave of the avant-garde breaking on British shores (J.B. Bullen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading) Readable and thought-provoking [...] a stimulating and wide-ranging collection (Christiana Payne, 'Oxford Art Journal') Modernism on Sea is a compilation of serious scholarly essays disguised in red and white beach stripes (London Review Bookshop) Author InformationLara Feigel is Lecturer in Modern Literary Studies at King's College London. She edited the anthology A Nosegay: A Literary Journey from the Fragrant to the Fetid. She reviews for the Observer and has published articles in The Guardian and Prospect. Alexandra Harris is Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. Her new book Romantic Moderns (Thames and Hudson, 2010) won the Guardian First Book Award . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |