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Guided by the historical semantics developed in Raymond Williams' pioneering study of cultural vocabulary,

Guided by the historical semantics developed in Raymond Williams' pioneering study of cultural vocabulary,Modernism: Keywords

Modernism: Keywords presents a series of short entries on words used with frequency and urgency in “written modernism,” tracking cultural and literary debates and transformative moments of change.

presents a series of short entries on words used with frequency and urgency in “written modernism,” tracking cultural and literary debates and transformative moments of change.Highlights and exposes the salient controversies and changing cultural thought at the heart of modernism

Highlights and exposes the salient controversies and changing cultural thought at the heart of modernismGoes beyond constructions of “plural modernisms” to reveal all modernist writing as overlapping and interactive in a simultaneous and interlocking mix

Goes beyond constructions of “plural modernisms” to reveal all modernist writing as overlapping and interactive in a simultaneous and interlocking mixDraws from a vast compilation of more than a thousand sources, ranging from vernacular prose to experimental literary forms

Draws from a vast compilation of more than a thousand sources, ranging from vernacular prose to experimental literary formsSpans the “long” modernist period, from its incipient beginnings c.1880 to its post-WWII aftermath

Spans the “long” modernist period, from its incipient beginnings c.1880 to its post-WWII aftermathApproaches English written modernism in its own terms, tempering explanations of modernism often derived from European poets and painters

Approaches English written modernism in its own terms, tempering explanations of modernism often derived from European poets and paintersModels research techniques based on digital databases and collaborative work in the humanities

Models research techniques based on digital databases and collaborative work in the humanities