Literary Modernism And The Transformation Of Work
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A work of literary criticism and cultural history, Literary Modernism and the Transformation of Work argues that the modernist literary movement cannot be fully understood without examining the profound shifts in labor, industrial capitalism, and the nature of work that defined the early twentieth century. James F. Knapp presents a rigorous and intellectually compelling analysis of how writers such as Yeats, Lawrence, and others responded to—and were shaped by—the mechanization of labor and the alienation it produced in modern life. Drawing on both close textual reading and broader social theory, the study illustrates how modernist aesthetics were not merely a retreat into art for art's sake, but a complex negotiation with the changing conditions of human productivity and creativity. Written in an authoritative and academic tone, it offers scholars and serious readers a fresh framework for understanding the political and economic undercurrents running through canonical modernist texts.
Author: James F. Knapp
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, Northwestern University Press
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A work of literary criticism and cultural history, Literary Modernism and the Transformation of Work argues that the modernist literary movement cannot be fully understood without examining the profound shifts in labor, industrial capitalism, and the nature of work that defined the early twentieth century. James F. Knapp presents a rigorous and intellectually compelling analysis of how writers such as Yeats, Lawrence, and others responded to—and were shaped by—the mechanization of labor and the alienation it produced in modern life. Drawing on both close textual reading and broader social theory, the study illustrates how modernist aesthetics were not merely a retreat into art for art's sake, but a complex negotiation with the changing conditions of human productivity and creativity. Written in an authoritative and academic tone, it offers scholars and serious readers a fresh framework for understanding the political and economic undercurrents running through canonical modernist texts.