Modernist Nowheres Politics and Utopia in Early Modernist Writing, 1
Modernist Nowheres explores connections in the Anglo-American sphere between early literary modernist cultures, politics, and utopia. Foregrounding such writers as Conrad, Lawrence and Wyndham Lewis, it presents a new reading of early modernism in which u
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Also by Nathan Waddell MODERN JOHN BUCHAN: A Critical Introduction WYNDHAM LEWIS AND THE CULTURES OF MODERNITY (edited with Andrzej Ga¸siorek and Alice Reeve-Tucker)
Modernist Nowheres Politics and Utopia in Early Modernist Writing, 1900–1920 Nathan Waddell
© Nathan Waddell 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-27899-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-32672-3 ISBN 978-1-137-26506-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137265067 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12
Contents Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Maps Worth Studying
1
1 Meliorism and Edwardian Modernity
24
2 Questions of Perfectibility
45
3 Forlorn Hopes and The English Review
66
4 Magnetic Cities and Simple Lives
87
5 Individualism, Happiness, and Labour
108
6 Vorticism and the Limits of BLAST
130
7 Satire, Impressionism, and War
149
8 Idealisms and Contingencies
172
Conclusion
191
Notes
208
Bibliography
212
Index
229
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Acknowledgements This book was written during 2011, but the argument in its entirety began life in 2007. Since then I have received professional and personal support from numerous individuals, not least from my wife, Alice; my parents, Alan and Paulene; and my parents-in-law, Charlie and Jenny. Alice has lived with my frustrations and my idiosyncrasies during the writing of this book with love, patience, and good humour. M
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