The New Modernist Studies Reader: An Anthology of Essential Criticism

Bringing together 20 foundational texts in contemporary modernist criticism in one accessible volume, this book explores the debates that have transformed the field of modernist studies at the turn of the millennium and into the 21st century.

The New Modernist Studies Reader features chapters covering the major topics central to the study of modernism today, including:

- Feminism, gender and sexuality
- Empire and race
- Print and media cultures
- Historical and geographical debates

Each text includes an introductory summary of its historical and intellectual contexts, as well as guides to further reading to help students and teachers explore the ideas further.

Includes essential texts by leading critics such as: Pascale Casanova, Anne Anlin Cheng, Brent Hayes Edwards, Rita Felski, Susan Stanford Friedman, Mark Goble, Miriam Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, David James, Fredric Jameson, Heather K. Love, Douglas Mao, Mark S. Morrisson, Michael North, Jessica Pressman, Lawrence Rainey, Paul K. Saint-Amour, Bonnie Kime Scott, Urmila Seshagiri, Robert Spoo, and Rebecca Walkowitz.