Modernism and Theory: A Critical Debate

Modernism and Theory boldly asks what – if any – role theory has to play in the new modernist studies. Separated into three sections, each with a clear introduction, this collection of new essays from leading critics outlines ongoing debates on the nature of modernist culture.

This collection

• examines aesthetic and methodological links between modernist literature and theory.
• addresses questions of the importance of theory to our understanding of ‘modernism’ and modernism as a liter...