{"product_id":"cross-channel-modernisms-claire-davison-9781474441872","title":"Cross-Channel Modernisms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores modernist aesthetics and cultural exchange in Britain, France and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOffers cutting-edge explorations of different aspects of artistic exchange between Britain and France, written by experts on both sides of the ChannelProvides original close readings of canonical and marginalised modernist textsOpens up new conceptual paradigms by probing multiple meanings related to 'crossing' and 'channelling' modernismOrganises chapters around three key themes of 'translating', 'fashioning', 'mediating' that intervene in the new modernist studies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed by Katherine Mansfield in 1921 as 'a great cold sword between you and your dear love Adventure', in the early twentieth century the English Channel, or 'La Manche' in French, represented both a political and intellectual barrier between European avant-gardism and British restraint, and a bridge for cultural connection and aesthetic innovation. Organised around key terms 'Translating', 'Fashioning' and 'Mediating', this book presents ten original essays by scholars working on both sides of the Channel. \u003ci\u003eCross-Channel Modernisms \u003c\/i\u003ehistoricises artistic exchanges in Britain, France and beyond and proposes a rich conceptual apparatus of 'crossings' and 'channels' through which we can read modernism and understand it as emerging from, and intervening in, an always-already shifting, multivalent, international context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Davison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474441874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474441872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Claire Davison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065621852415,"sku":"9781474441872","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8dbb85f4-3238-47fe-a6b7-9cd1587f75cc.jpg?v=1768676191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cross-channel-modernisms-claire-davison-9781474441872","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}