Committed styles modernism, politics, and left-wing literature in the 1930s Modernism, politics, and left-wing literature in the 1930s Kohlmann, Benjamin 1981- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource : illustrations 'Committed Styles' offers a new understanding of the literature of the 1930s and its relationship to modernism, exploring the tensions between formal experimentation and political vision that lie at the heart of the politicised literature of the 1930s. Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'Responsible Propagandists': I.A. Richards, T.S. Eliot, and Cambridge Experiment; 2. An Honest Decade: William Empson and the Uses of Poetry; 3. Between Communism and 'Purity' of Style: The Revolutions of English Surrealism; 4. Social Facts and Poetic Authority: The Political Aesthetic of Mass-Observation; 5. Bad Dreams: Edward Upward and Marxist Prophecy; Coda; Bibliography; Index specialized Benjamin Kohlmann. Includes bibliographical references and index. English literature 20th century History and criticism Modernism (Literature) Political aspects Littérature anglaise 20e siècle Histoire et critique Modernisme (Littérature) Aspect politique LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh English literature English Languages & Literatures English Literature 1900-1999 fast PR471 .K64 2014eb 820.900912 18.05 Oxford English monographs 9780191783197 0191783196 9780191024634 0191024635 9780198715467 0198715463 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1706 StDuBDS 140903 20260319160126.7 in00005711202 eng