T.E. Hulme and Modernism

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T. E. Hulme (1883-1917) was the author of a small number of poems and some genuinely innovative critical and philosophical writings. From this modest output his influence on later writers was considerable: T. S. Eliot described his poems as beautiful and Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis were both inspired by his work. T.E. Hulme and Modernism explores his impact on key modernist figures, and also shows where this influence has been misplaced or misinterpreted. Oliver Tearle also here suggests that Hulmes significance goes beyond his influence on modernism, and that his work provides new ways of thinking about creative and critical writing in the 21st century. What is poetry What is the purpose of literary criticism And how might the strange phenomenon of the fragment offer new ways of theorising such issues In exploring these and other important matters this book pushes at the boundaries of literary criticism and of writing itself.

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Tearles analysis, specifically when it incorporates close readings, is interesting, important, and merits a substantial readership. -- Christos Hadjiyiannis, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK * Modernism/modernity *

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Oliver Tearle lectures at Loughborough University, UK. He is the co-editor (with John Schad) of the book Crrritic! and the author of Bewilderments of Vision: Hallucination and Literature, 1880-1914.