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Modernist Literature

Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America, and is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression, adhering to Ezra Pound's maxim to "Make it new." This literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their time.
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
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Virginia Woolf
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
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T.S. Eliot
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
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Samuel Beckett
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
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Robert Musil
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
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Marcel Proust
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
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James Joyce
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
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Virginia Woolf
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
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Franz Kafka
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Ernest Hemingway
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
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Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
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Samuel Beckett
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
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Samuel Beckett
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
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Virginia Woolf
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
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Flann O'Brien
Stories Kafka
Stories Kafka
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Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
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Knut Hamsun
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
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Vladimir Nabokov
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
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William Faulkner
Cantos
Cantos
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Selected Poems of William Carlos Williams (William Carlos Williams)
Selected Poems of William Carlos Williams
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William Carlos Williams
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
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Flannery O'Connor
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
29
James Joyce
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
30
Djuna Barnes
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
31
Franz Kafka
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
32
Thomas Mann
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
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Katherine Mansfield
E.E. Cummings Poetry
E.E. Cummings Poetry
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Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
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D.H. Lawrence
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
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