Chicago and the Making of American Modernism
| Author | : Michelle E. Moore |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2018-12-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781350018044 |
| ISBN-13 | : 135001804X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (04X Downloads) |
Download or read book Chicago and the Making of American Modernism written by Michelle E. Moore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago and the Making of American Modernism is the first full-length study of the vexed relationship between America's great modernist writers and the nation's “second city.” Michelle E. Moore explores the ways in which the defining writers of the era-Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald-engaged with the city and reacted against the commercial styles of "Chicago realism" to pursue their own, European-influenced mode of modernist art. Drawing on local archives to illuminate the literary culture of early 20th-century Chicago, this book reveals an important new dimension to the rise of American modernism.
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