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OverviewAnglo-American modernist writing and modern mass democratic states emerged at the same time, during the period of 1900-1930. Yet writers such as T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and Ford Madox Ford were notoriously hostile to modern democracies. They often defended, in contrast, anti-democratic forms of cultural authority. Since the late 1970s, however, our understanding of modernist culture has altered as previously marginalised writers, in particular women such as Gertrude Stein, Djuna Barnes, H.D., and Mina Loy, have been reassessed. Not only has the picture of Anglo-American modernist culture changed significantly, but the understanding of the relationship between modernist writing and politics has also shifted.Rachel Potter here reassess the relationship between modernism and democracy by analysing the wide range of different reactions by modernist writers to the new democracies. She charts the changes in the ideas of democracy as a result of the shift from liberal to mass democracies after the First World War and of women's entrance into the political and cultural spheres. By uncovering hitherto-unanalysed essays by a number of feminist writers she argues that in fact there was a widespread scepticism about the consequences of mass democracy for women's liberation, and that this scepticism was central to the work of women modernist writers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rachel Potter (Queen Mary, University of London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.384kg ISBN: 9780199273935ISBN 10: 0199273936 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 20 July 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: 'No artist can ever love democracy': Modernism and Democracy 1907-1914 2: Modernist Literature: Individualism and Authority 3: H.D.: Egoist Modernist 4: T.S. Eliot, Women, and Democracy 5: Mina Loy: Psycho-Democracy ConclusionReviewsPotter's skilful illumination of details is arresting and thought-provoking...Potter's foray into this fascinating topic issues a welcome provocation. * Jason Harding, Modernism/Modernity * Potter's skilful illumination of details is arresting and thought-provoking...Potter's foray into this fascinating topic issues a welcome provocation. Jason Harding, Modernism/Modernity Author InformationAfter completing her Ph.D. in English at Cambridge University in 1998, Rachel Potter was a lecturer in Modernist Literature at the University of Southampton before becoming a lecturer in Modernist Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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