Modernist Women Writers and American Social Engagement

by Julia Lisella and Lesley Wheeler

Modernist Women Writers and American Social Engagement explores the role of social and political engagement by women writers in the development of American modernism. Examining a diverse array of genres by both canonical modernists and underrepresented writers, this collection uncovers an obscured strain of modernist activism. Each chapter provides a detailed cultural and literary analysis, revealing the ways in which modernists' politically and socially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498582907
• ISBN13: 9781498582902
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"