Literary Movement Reading Challenge 2015 – October: Modernism (1910 – 1965)

Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. In English literature, Modernist Period was first and foremost a visceral reaction against the Victorian culture and aesthetic. The stability and quietude of Victorian civilization were rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was essentially the triggering event of the First World War, a conflict which swept away all preconceived notions about the nature of so-called modern warfare. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression. This movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their time. [Source 1] [Source 2]

Some of the Modernist authors:

(you may pick other authors outside this list)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

Joseph Conrad

Virginia Woolf

D.H. Lawrence

Ezra Pound

William Faulkner

T.S. Elliot

You can submit your review posts on Modernism books in the linky below (linky will be opened on October 15^th, 2015)