Modernism's Print Cultures

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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The print culture of the early twentieth century has become a major area of interest in contemporary Modernist Studies. Modernism’s Print Cultures surveys the explosion of scholarship in this field and provides an incisive, well-informed guide for students and scholars alike. Surveying the key critical work of recent decades, the book explores such topics as:- Periodical publishing – from ‘little magazines’ such as Rhythm to glossy publications such as Vanity Fair- The material aspects of early twentieth-century publishing – small presses, typography, illustration and book design- The circulation of modernist print artefacts through the book trade, libraries, book clubs and cafes- Educational and political print initiativesIncluding accounts of archival material available online, targeted lists of key further reading and a survey of new trends in the field, this is an essential guide to an important area in the study of modernist literature.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-25
Mått138 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Modernisms
Antal sidor232
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781472573261

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Faye Hammill is Professor of English at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Her most recent books are Magazines, Travel and Middlebrow Culture (2015), with Michelle Smith, and Sophistication: A Literary and Cultural History (2010), winner of the European Society for the Study of English book award.Mark Hussey is Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University, USA. He is editor of the Cambridge edition of Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts (2011) and edits Woolf Studies Annual.

An exemplary book … Modernism’s Print Cultures maintains these high standards and is the best single introduction to the newish field of modernism’s complex engagement with book history, periodical studies, and various other forms of printed materials: it is impressive in its coverage and authoritative in its judgments … If you wish to learn more of how the field of print culture studies is transforming the study ofmodernism, this book is the place to start.