Regional Modernisms

Where did literary modernism happen? In this book, a range of scholars seek to answer this question, re-evaluating the parameters of modernism in the light of recent developments in literary geography as well as literary history, examining an array of different literary forms including novels, poetry, theatre, and 'little magazines'. The volume identifies and appraises the local attachments of modernist texts in particular geographical regions and also interrogates the idea of the 'regional' in light of the alienating displacements of transnational modernity.The essays collected here make fresh interventions in the field of modernist studies and acknowledge the legacies of regional modernisms for post-war representations of place and landscape. Individual essays discuss canonical figures (W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence) as well as more marginal or lesser-known writers (Dylan Thomas, Hugh MacDiarmid, J. M. Synge, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Alfred Orage, Leo Walmsley, Lynette Roberts, Michael McLaverty, and Basil Bunting) from across Britain and Ireland.

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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on contributors
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Introduction: Regional Modernisms
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- By Neal Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK, James Moran, University of Nottingham, UK
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1 - ‘that trouble’: Regional Modernism and ‘little magazines’
pp 22-43
- By Andrew Thacker, De Montfort University
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2 - The Regional Modernism of D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce
pp 44-64
- By Andrew Harrison, University of Nottingham
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3 - J. M. Synge, Authenticity, and the Regional
pp 65-82
- By Patrick Lonergan, National University of Ireland, Galway
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4 - Pound, Yeats, and the Regional Repertory Theatres
pp 83-103
- By James Moran, University of Nottingham, UK
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5 - Capturing the Scale of Fiction at Mid-Century
pp 104-123
- By David James, Queen Mary University of London
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6 - Regionalism and Modernity: The Case of Leo Walmsley
pp 124-141
- By Dominic Head, University of Nottingham
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7 - Hugh MacDiarmid's Modernisms: Synthetic Scots and the Spectre of Robert Burns
pp 142-159
- By Drew Milne, University of Cambridge
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8 - Welsh Modernist Poetry: Dylan Thomas, David Jones, and Lynette Roberts
pp 160-183
- By John Goodby, Swansea University, Chris Wigginton, Sheffield Hallam University
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9 - Between the Islands: Michael McLaverty, Late Modernism, and the Insular Turn
pp 184-199
- By John Brannigan, University College Dublin
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10 - The Idea of North: Basil Bunting and Regional Modernism
pp 200-221
- By Neal Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-vii

Notes on contributors
pp viii-x

Introduction: Regional Modernisms
pp 1-21

1 - ‘that trouble’: Regional Modernism and ‘little magazines’
pp 22-43

2 - The Regional Modernism of D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce
pp 44-64

3 - J. M. Synge, Authenticity, and the Regional
pp 65-82

4 - Pound, Yeats, and the Regional Repertory Theatres
pp 83-103

5 - Capturing the Scale of Fiction at Mid-Century
pp 104-123

6 - Regionalism and Modernity: The Case of Leo Walmsley
pp 124-141

7 - Hugh MacDiarmid's Modernisms: Synthetic Scots and the Spectre of Robert Burns
pp 142-159

8 - Welsh Modernist Poetry: Dylan Thomas, David Jones, and Lynette Roberts
pp 160-183

9 - Between the Islands: Michael McLaverty, Late Modernism, and the Insular Turn
pp 184-199

10 - The Idea of North: Basil Bunting and Regional Modernism
pp 200-221

Select Bibliography
pp 222-225

Index
pp 226-236

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