In so doing, they propounded new conceptions of aesthetic accomplishment that were later codified as 'modernism'. However, after World War II, an assertive American literary establishment repurposed ...
Diverse modernist poems, far from advertising a capacity to prefigure utopia or save society, understand themselves to be complicit in the unhappiness and injustice of an imperfect or fallen world.
Special focus will be paid to Joyce’s daughter Lucia, who was instrumental in the creative process. Her talk precedes the publication of her forthcoming book, Literary Genetics: Modernism and Theories ...
“We like stories that test our understanding of what is real and what’s not real,” said Ingrid Johnson, advanced instructor in literature and composition at Virginia Tech. “We also have a ...