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Brilliant Modernism

Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry
  • ISBN-13: 9781421450636
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Nicoletta Asciuto
  • Price: AUD $83.99
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  • Local release date: 10/03/2025
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 336 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Literary theory [DSA]
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In Brilliant Modernism, Nicoletta Asciuto takes readers on a journey through the electrified streets of the early twentieth century and explores the influence of this illumination on modernist poetry. This ambitious and geographically wide-ranging account of how poets responded to the changing cityscape is distinctive in its historicist approach and the enormous scope of the materials it examines, from Mina Loys lamps for the modern home to lunar photography. Set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of massive changes, the book shines a light on forgotten women poets and artists whose contributions to the modernist movement have long been overshadowed by their male counterparts. Through a narrative that is as much about the aesthetics of light as it is about the poets themselves, Asciuto illuminates the vibrant and often volatile intersection of technology and culture.

Nicoletta Asciuto is an associate professor of modern literature at the University of York.

 

Introduction: Modernist Brilliance, Brilliant Modernism
1. Observing Light: T. S. Eliot
2. Killing the Moonlight: F. T. Marinetti and the Futurist Avant-Garde
3. Living with Lanterns: Mina Loy
4. Bringing Down the Stars: American Modernists
Conclusion: Shining to the Full: A Light-Conscious Modernity
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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