Wyndham Lewis : a Critical Guide / edited by Andrzey G�asiorek and Nathan Waddell.

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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, �2015.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)Content type:

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0748685693
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Wyndham Lewis; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Pre-War Writing; 2 Vorticism and Avant-Gardism; 3 'Harsh Laughter': Reading Tarr; 4 Lewis and War; 5 Lewis and Cultural Criticism; 6 Lewis, Satire, and Literature; 7 The Apes of God ; 8 Political Incorrectness Gone Sane: Lewis, Race, and Gender; 9 Lewis and Politics; 10 The Revenge for Love; 11 Lewis and Technology; 12 Lewis and Modernism; 13 The Human Age; 14 Self Condemned: Casualties of the Vortex; 15 Legacy ; Index.

Summary: The first guide to the work of Wyndham Lewis as writer, novelist, and critic. Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) was one of the most innovative writers and painters of his time. An indefatigable critic of ideology, politics, and culture, Lewis was also one of modernism's key creative artists and a unique twentieth-century thinker. This book offers a scholarly companion to his written work. It features dedicated chapters on such novels as Tarr (1918), The Apes of God (1930), The Revenge for Love (1937), The Human Age sequence (1928-55), and Self Condemned (1954). Also included are chapters on Lewis's pre-war writing, cultural criticism, politics, satire, and reputation and legacy. Other chapters consider such varied topics as Vorticism and avant-gardism, war, race and gender, technology and mass media, and modernism. Wyndham Lewis: A Critical Guide is essential reading for scholars working on Lewis, modernism, and twentieth-century socio-cultural history. Key Features:. Provides a clear overview of Lewis's literary, critical, and non-fictional achievements for readers with no prior knowledge of his work Explores Lewis's most important novels in individual chapters Expert contributors include: Faith Binckes (Bath Spa University), David Bradshaw (University of Oxford), Paul Edwards (University of East Anglia), Ann-Marie Einhaus (Northumbria University), Miranda Hickman (McGill University), Scott W. Klein (Wake Forest University), Ian Patterson (University of Cambridge), and Alan Munton (University of Exeter)

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The first guide to the work of Wyndham Lewis as writer, novelist, and critic. Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) was one of the most innovative writers and painters of his time. An indefatigable critic of ideology, politics, and culture, Lewis was also one of modernism's key creative artists and a unique twentieth-century thinker. This book offers a scholarly companion to his written work. It features dedicated chapters on such novels as Tarr (1918), The Apes of God (1930), The Revenge for Love (1937), The Human Age sequence (1928-55), and Self Condemned (1954). Also included are chapters on Lewis's pre-war writing, cultural criticism, politics, satire, and reputation and legacy. Other chapters consider such varied topics as Vorticism and avant-gardism, war, race and gender, technology and mass media, and modernism. Wyndham Lewis: A Critical Guide is essential reading for scholars working on Lewis, modernism, and twentieth-century socio-cultural history. Key Features:. Provides a clear overview of Lewis's literary, critical, and non-fictional achievements for readers with no prior knowledge of his work Explores Lewis's most important novels in individual chapters Expert contributors include: Faith Binckes (Bath Spa University), David Bradshaw (University of Oxford), Paul Edwards (University of East Anglia), Ann-Marie Einhaus (Northumbria University), Miranda Hickman (McGill University), Scott W. Klein (Wake Forest University), Ian Patterson (University of Cambridge), and Alan Munton (University of Exeter)

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