Modernism and Postmodernism in English Literature

More than a century after its beginnings, modernism still has the power to shock, alienate or challenge readers. Modernist art and literature remain thought of as complex and difficult. This introduction explains in a readable, lively style how modernism emerged, how it is defined, and how it developed in different forms and genres. Post-modernism with its self-contradictory implications, its self conscious deployment of trickery playfulness and unexplained supernaturalism, its questioning of universal truths and its penchant for apocalyptic content and subversive strategies seems too heady a brew for readers to enjoy. However this book is extremely student friendly and touches all cannons and genres of modernism and postmodernism in a very precise and simple manner.