A highly-acclaimed study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism, and a Guardian First Book Award winner
Alexandra Harris studied at Oxford and at the Courtauld Institute in London, and worked at Christie's for a year before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on art and literature in the 1930s. She is now a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, running courses on Modernism and American writing, and leading the MA in Contemporary Literature. Her first full-length book, Romantic Moderns, was the winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award. Alexandra Harris was also a winner in the BBC's 'New Generation Thinkers' contest in 2011.
'It would be impossible to over-emphasise what a clever book
Romantic Moderns is … not just an important book but a deeply
pleasurable one, too' - Guardian
'The only disappointing thing about Romantic Moderns is that it
comes to an end' - The Times
'The originality of Romantic Moderns is the extraordinary breadth
of its focus … a joy to read' - Sunday Times
'Highly eclectic and original … a book that makes you think freshly
about that perennially puzzling question of what it means to be
British. It’s elegant and wittily written, beautifully designed and
splendidly illustrated: altogether, an admirable debut' - Martin
Gayford, Sunday Telegraph
'Remarkable … Harris’s insights are based on a close, imaginative
reading of collaborations and connections mapped through
friendships and unlikely encounters. Her book is full of vivid
snapshots, telling detail and beguiling loose ends' - Times
Literary Supplement
'A brilliant piece of work that manages to be both comprehensive
and coherent as it tells a compelling story about 20th-century
English art … a significant contribution to the history of English
culture' - Adam Foulds
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