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Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930

7 best books like Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930 (Malcolm Bradbury): Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, Under Milk Wood, The Art of Fiction, In Parenthesis, The Collected Short Stories, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
AuthorJorge Luis Borges
ISBN0811200124
Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina is recognized all over the world as one of the most original and significant figures in modern literature. In his preface, Andre Maurois writes: "Borges is a great writer who has composed only...
Under Milk Wood
AuthorDylan Thomas
ISBN0811202097
Some works of literature just beg to be read out loud - This is the House that Jack Built and Hiawatha are two that most people are familiar with. Under Milk Wood too, is better appreciated read aloud.

Try it for yourself. A sample (read aloud with Welsh accent, sing-song, go up like a question at...
The Art of Fiction
AuthorHenry James
ISBN1172438099



“Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance. ”
― Henry James

The short essay Criticism, the focus of my review, is part of this collection which includes...
In Parenthesis
AuthorDavid Jones
ISBN1590170369
"This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War, a book celebrated by W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot as one of the masterpieces of modern literature....
The Collected Short Stories
AuthorJean Rhys
ISBN0393306259
3.5/5 I have never gone without food for longer than five days, so I cannot amuse you any longer.

How rum some English people are! They ask to be shocked and long to be shocked and hope to be shocked, but if you really shock them...how shocked they are!

But when I discovered that though...
National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
AuthorRoger Eatwell
ISBN0241312000
Across the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, alienated from mainstream politics, and increasingly hostile towards minorities, immigrants and neo-liberal economics. Many of these voters are turning to national populist movements, which have begun to change the face of Western...
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
AuthorGreta Thunberg
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations

In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest...
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