Table of Contents

Chronology; Introduction Walter Kalaidjian; 1. Nationalism and the modern American canon Mark Morrisson; Part I. Genre: 2. Modern American fiction Rita Barnard; 3. Modern American poetry Cary Nelson; 4. Modern American drama Stephen Watt; Part II. Culture: 5. American modernism and the New Negro Renaissance Mark Sanders; 6. Jazz and American modernism Jed Rasula; 7. Visual culture Michael North; 8. The avant-garde phase of American modernism Marjorie Perloff; Part III. Society: 9. Gender and sexuality Janet Lyon; 10. Regionalism and American modernism John Duvall; 11. Social representations of American modernism Paula Rabinowitz; 12. Modern American literary criticism Douglas Mao; Guide to further reading; Index.

Promotional Information

An authoritative overview of the achievements of American literary modernism in its social and cultural contexts.

About the Author

Walter Kalaidjian is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies in English at Emory University.

Reviews

'… a helpful book, likely to be of use to students and scholars in disciplines like cultural and literary studies and much else.' Reference Reviews