英美文学精粹赏析
Selected Readings
In English and American Literature
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The Modernism Period
Historical Background The two WWs made Britain the once sun-never-set Empire finally collapsedPhilosophical trends: return to rationality, determinism, pessimism
New theories: S. Freud, K. Marx, A. Einstein, H. Bergson, etc.Range: As an artistic movement, it covered all major art forms: painting, sculpture, music, and dance.