The New Modernist Studies Reader - by Sean Latham & Gayle Rogers (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Bringing together 20 foundational texts in contemporary modernist criticism in one accessible volume, this book explores the debates that have transformed the field of modernist studies at the turn of the millennium and into the 21st century. The New Modernist Studies Reader features chapters covering the major topics central to the study of modernism today, including: Feminism, gender and sexuality; Empire and race; Print and media cultures; Historical and geographical debates. Each text includes an introductory summary of its historical and intellectual contexts, as well as guides to further reading to help students and teachers explore the ideas further. Includes essential texts by leading critics such as: Pascale Casanova, Anne Anlin Cheng, Brent Hayes Edwards, Rita Felski, Susan Stanford Friedman, Mark Goble, Miriam Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, David James, Fredric Jameson, Heather K. Love, Douglas Mao, Mark S. Morrisson, Michael North, Jessica Pressman, Lawrence Rainey, Paul K. Saint-Amour, Bonnie Kime Scott, Urmila Seshagiri, Robert Spoo, and Rebecca Walkowitz"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Bringing together 17 foundational texts in contemporary modernist criticism in one accessible volume, this book explores the debates that have transformed the field of modernist studies at the turn of the millennium and into the 21st century.<br/> <br/> <i>The New Modernist Studies Reader</i> features chapters covering the major topics central to the study of modernism today, including: <br/> <br/> - Feminism, gender, and sexuality<br/> - Empire and race<br/> - Print and media cultures<br/> - Theories and history of modernism <br/> <br/> Each text includes an introductory summary of its historical and intellectual contexts, with guides to further reading to help students and teachers explore the ideas further. <br/> <br/> Includes essential texts by leading critics such as: Anne Anlin Cheng, Brent Hayes Edwards, Rita Felski, Susan Stanford Friedman, Mark Goble, Miriam Bratu Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, David James, Heather K. Love, Douglas Mao, Mark S. Morrisson, Michael North, Jessica Pressman, Lawrence Rainey, Paul K. Saint-Amour, Bonnie Kime Scott, Urmila Seshagiri, Robert Spoo, and Rebecca L. Walkowitz.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This <i>Reader</i>provides an invaluable road map for students of the New Modernist Studies-where it came from, some of the paths it's traveled, where it might be headed.<br/>Debra Rae Cohen, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina, USA<br><br>What questions motivated the New Modernist Studies, and what arguments shaped the field? Latham and Rogers offer a collection that will let readers answer these and other queries for themselves. With each selection framed by headnotes that provide context for specific interventions, The New Modernist Studies Reader offers a chronological roadmap of how the field expanded and made itself new.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Sean Latham </b>is Pauline Walter Endowed Chair of English and Comparative Literature and director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. He is editor of the <i>James Joyce Quarterly</i> and co-founder of the Modernist Journals Project. His many previous publications include <i>The Art of Scandal: Modernism, Libel Law, and the Roman à Clef</i> (2009), and (with Gayle Rogers)<i> Modernism: Evolution of an Idea </i>(2016). <p/><b>Gayle Rogers</b> is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and associate editor of <i>Critical Quarterly</i>. His publications include <i>Modernism and the New Spain: Britain, Cosmopolitan Europe, and Literary History </i>(2012), <i>Incomparable Empires: Modernism and the Translation of Spanish and American Literature</i> (2016), and (with Sean Latham) <i>Modernism: Evolution of an Idea</i> (2015), alongside many articles and translations. He is the author of the forthcoming <i>Speculation: A Cultural History</i> (2021).</p>
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