Not every Modernist poet thought as Eliot and Pound did. Wallace Stevens, another giant of the era, saw contemporary upheavals in a less pessimistic light. His lavish philosophical poems explore how poetry might constitute a “supreme fiction” that could take the place of organized religion.
Modernist drama, like Modernist literature in general, questioned the very nature of reality and representation, forcing audiences to confront uncomfortable truths about the modern world. 11. Examples of Modernist Works The best way to understand Modernism in literature is by looking closely at its most influential works.
Being sure “modernist” could not be “the offending word,” and attempting to regain the advantage, Hall repeated it: Wilson blew up again, even more angrily. 21 While no other report of the incident seems to have survived, it stands nonetheless as a parable and indeed a parabolic account of the rising and falling fortunes of “modernism ...