Kuttainen, Victoria (2013) Book review of "The Modernist Party" by Kate McLoughlin (ed). Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4744-0141-8. James Joyce Quarterly, 51 (1). 6. pp. 232-236.

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Abstract

[Extract] This elegant gathering of essays addresses the significance of the party for the modernist period and its literature, both as a conduit for sociality and as a literary topos. It represents a brilliantly unique approach not only to the editorial task of shaping a collection of varied thematic conversations but also to gathering deeper material for a textual understanding of modernist literature. In the collection's reception room, Kate McLoughlin's marvelously clever introductory "Welcome From the Host" invites consideration of the great diversity of actual and fictional modernist parties: from the bland tea party or luncheon to the convivial cocktail soirée, the extended and often socially fraught dinner party, and the more risqué and bohemian house party, all of which lit and limned the modernist period in its salons, bookshops, living rooms, nightclubs, and artist studios.

Item ID:	44875
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1938-6036
Funders:	Margaret and Colin Roderick
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2016 03:19
FoR Codes:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200506 North American Literature @ 0% 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200503 British and Irish Literature @ 100%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9502 Communication > 950203 Languages and Literature @ 100%
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