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Offers a western interpretation of Modernism as a critical tool and proposes a variety of readings and interpretations designed to emphasize the relationship between cultural production in the West and modernism. This book encourages readers to reappraise Walker's work and to undertake further studies of their own.

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"Admirably accessible, this volume and Walker's novels should be in collections supporting study of American literature."—J. J. Wydeven, CHOICE

Table of Contents
Note to ReadersAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mildred WalkerChapter 2: A Working Definition of ModernismChapter 3: The Aesthetics of Postmodern ModernismChapter 4: The Economics of ModernismChapter 5: Mildred Walker's WarsChapter 6: The Mothers of ModernismChapter 7: American Modernists and the Language of MovementWorks CitedBibliography of Mildred Walker

Modernism and Mildred Walker

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 July 2008
      ISBN-13 9780803237605
      978-0803237605
      ISBN-10 080323760X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a western interpretation of Modernism as a critical tool and proposes a variety of readings and interpretations designed to emphasize the relationship between cultural production in the West and modernism. This book encourages readers to reappraise Walker's work and to undertake further studies of their own.

      Trade Review
      "Admirably accessible, this volume and Walker's novels should be in collections supporting study of American literature."—J. J. Wydeven, CHOICE

      Table of Contents
      Note to ReadersAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mildred WalkerChapter 2: A Working Definition of ModernismChapter 3: The Aesthetics of Postmodern ModernismChapter 4: The Economics of ModernismChapter 5: Mildred Walker's WarsChapter 6: The Mothers of ModernismChapter 7: American Modernists and the Language of MovementWorks CitedBibliography of Mildred Walker

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