Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain

Including detailed discussions of major authors, such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence, this text analyses modernism from the perspective of English and American literature. It covers not only established works, but also those that have only recently came to critical attention.

'Modernism on Sea' brings together writing by some of today's most exciting seaside critics, curators, filmmakers and scholars, and takes the reader on a journey around the coast of Britain to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage that can be found there, from St Ives to Scarborough.

The quality of today's literary writing arouses the strongest opinions. For novelist and critic Gabriel Josipovici, the contemporary novel in English is profoundly disappointing - a poor relation of its groundbreaking Modernist forebears. This book asks why.