Modernism, Mass Culture and Professionalism

by Thomas Strychacz

Book Overview

In Modernism, Mass Culture and Professionalism Thomas Strychacz argues that modernist writers need to be understood both in their relationship to professional critics and in their relationship to an era and ethos of professionalism. In studying four modernist writers--Henry James, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos and Nathanael West--Strychacz finds that contrary to what most studies suggest, modernist writers (in the period of 1880-1940) are thoroughly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521440793
• ISBN13: 9780521440790
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"