Modernity

Hardback

Main Details

Title Modernity
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Punter
SeriesTransitions
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9780333914557
ClassificationsDewey:820.9112
Audience
A / AS level
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 256 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 31 July 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This exciting volume in the Transitions series explores both history and contemporary ideas, pushing forward the boundaries of what we understand by 'modernity'. This book is distinguished from its competitors by its clear focus on close readings of commonly-studied texts and a strict policy on writing for an undergraduate readership.

Author Biography

DAVID PUNTER is Professor of English and Research Dean, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published extensively on Gothic and Romantic literature, contemporary writing and culture, and on literary theory, psychoanalysis and the postcolonial.

Reviews

'A lively, energetic and provoking study by one of the best critics of contemporary fiction in English today.' - Nicholas Royle, University of Sussex, UK