Introduction 1
CONTENTS 8
List ofillustrations 8
List ofcontributors 9
MICHAEL LEVENSON 9
1 The metaphysics of Modernism MICHAEL BELL 9
Chronology 11
2 The cultural economy of Modernism LAWRENCE RAINEY 33
3 The modernist novel DAVID TROTTER 70
4 Modernpoetry JAMES LONGENBACH 100
5 Modernism in drama CHRISTOPHER INNES 130
6 Modernism and the politics of culture SARA BLAIR 157
7 Modernism and gender MARIANNE DEKOVEN 174
8 The visual arts GLEN MACLEOD 194
1 Chart prepared by Alfred H．Barr， Jr．for the dust jacket of the catalog of the exhibition“Cubism and Abstract Art，”published by the Museum of Modem Art，New York，1936．Reprint edition，1966，published by Arno Press． page 196
2 Paul Cézanne，View of L'Estaque and the Chateau d'If，1883-1885．Oil on canvas，？×？（72．9×59．5 cm）．Private collection．Photo？Fitzwilliam Museum，University of Cambridge． 197
3 Pablo Picasso，Houses on the Hill，Horta de Ebro．Horta de Ebro（Summer 1909）．Oil on canvas，？×？（65×81cm）． 198
4 Georges Braque，Man with a Guitar．（Begun summer 1911；completedearly 1912．）Oiloncanvas，？×？（116.2×80.9 cm）．Museum of Modern Art，New York．Acquired through the Lillie P． Bliss Bequest． 199
5 Pablo Picasso，La Suze（1912）．Pasted papers，gouache，and charcoal，？×？（66.1×50.6 cm）．Washington University Gallery of Art，St．Louis．University purchase，Kende Sale Fund，1946． 201
6 Marcel Duchamp，Nude Descending a Staircase，No.2（1912）．Oil on canvas，？×？（148×90.3 cm）．Philadelphia Museum of Art：Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection．Photo Graydon Wood，1994． 208
7 Francis Picabia，Dada Movement（1919）．Pen and ink，？×？（51．1×36.2cm）．MuseumofModemArt，New York．Purchase． 211
9 Modernism andfilm MICHAEL WOOD 217
Further reading 233
Index 241