Among the revolutions of the last century, none was more important or potentially more lasting than the one in the arts called ?Modernism”. Among the giants of that movement were writers who changed o
The first full biography of a neglected genius and one of the great Modernists, lavishly illustrated in colour throughout`I would like to have done anything as good as David Jones has done' Dylan Thom
Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson are known as much for their formidable egos as for their contributions to twentieth-century arts. That either could collaborate intimately with anyone is surprising.
The fiction of Mori Ogai, written after the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, secured his promiment place in modern Japanese literature. This collection of stories, set in the Tokugawa Period, provide a
