The Modernist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constituted a literary and cultural revolution. Modernism’s importance is undeniable, from its break with realism to its influence on postmodernism.

Modernism combines a comprehensive introduction to the movement with original analyses of key Modernist texts. As Peter Childs traces the Modernist movement from its roots and through its various branches, he tackles such issues as gender, class, race and sexuality, offering an account which is critically informed and engaging throughout.

This essential guide takes the reader from the who’s who and what’s what of Modernism to an advanced understanding of this crucial cultural movement.

The author

Peter Childs is a Lecturer in English at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. He is the author of The Twentieth Century in Poetry (Routledge 1999).