A list of great modernist literature needs a story about what modernism was; but modernism, more than your average -ism, defies comprehensive definition. Best, then, to diplomatically acknowledging your account’s incompleteness and its incommensurability with others that are just as good. Hugh Kenner’s story, told in a 1983 lecture,
Modernism in literature will be how we consume the literature. As reading (and listening) on phones continues to grow, it will change how we write, with shorter, punchier sentences and paragraphs. Shorter and punchier is generally considered better anyway, so it's a win all around.
“Marx Plank”? Is that a modernist joke?
Nope, just a serendipitous typo!
Modernism in literature will be how we consume the literature. As reading (and listening) on phones continues to grow, it will change how we write, with shorter, punchier sentences and paragraphs. Shorter and punchier is generally considered better anyway, so it's a win all around.
This poem just reached over a gap of 30 years and punched me in the stomach. When I was 18 and fiercely in love I learned it by heart.
I don’t think I have ever felt as old as I feel right now.
I too first read that poem over 30 years ago...