The Modernist Papers

A new perspective on Proust, Joyce, Kafka and others from master of literary theory

Fredric Jameson, one of Americaâ??s finest cultural critics, offers his dynamic insight into modernist literature and art. A companion to the classic A Singular Modernity, this stunning tour de force looks at the innovative literary experiments of Joyce and Proust, the poetry of Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Gertrude Stein and the writing of Kafka, Mann and Mallarmé, to provide a distinct perspective on the culture of new beginnings and avant-garde endeavors.

Fredric Jameson is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University, and the author of many classic works including Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism and Archaeologies of the Future