Popular Modernism and Its Legacies: From Pop Literature to Video Games - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1501325116 ISBN 13: 9781501325113

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Synopsis

Popular Modernism and Its Legacies reconfigures modernist studies to investigate how modernist concepts, figures, and aesthetics continue to play essential--though often undetected--roles across an array of contemporary works, genres, and mediums. Featuring both established and emerging scholars, each of the book's three sections offers a distinct perspective on popular modernism. The first section considers popular modernism in periods historically associated with the movement, discovering hidden connections between traditional forms of modernist literature and popular culture. The second section traces modernist genealogies from the past to the contemporary era, ultimately revealing that immensely popular contemporary works, artists, and genres continue to engage and thereby renew modernist aesthetics and values. The final section moves into the 21st century, discovering how popular works invoke modernist techniques, texts, and artists to explore social and existential quandaries in the contemporary world. Concluding with an afterword from noted scholar Faye Hammill, Popular Modernism and Its Legacies reshapes the study of modernism and provides new perspectives on important works at the center of our cultural imagination.

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About the Author

Scott Ortolano is Professor of English at Florida SouthWestern State College, USA. He is co-editor of Perspectives on the Short Story and recently co-edited a special issue of the South Atlantic Review focused on sustaining English programs in the 21st century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501325116
• ISBN 13: 9781501325113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290
• Editor: Ortolano Scott