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Meanings of modernist literature in English

Russian
литература модернизма
Portuguese
literatura moderna
Spanish
literatura modernista
Catalan
modernisme anglosaxó

Characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse.

Related terms
литература модернизма
Synonyms
Examples for "modernism"
Examples for "modernism"
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But, once in dishonest hands, antiquity and authenticity replace modernism and imitation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 / A Maga...
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What is it about modernism that continues to fascinate… Read more Audio
Radio NZ
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Kind of as if modernism never happened, and so intelligent and undeceived.
The Guardian
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When you get to be 103, modernism is a very wide concept.
The Guardian
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Meanwhile, modernism was challenging the traditional notions of art, music and literature.
The Irish Times
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The writer, played by Nicole Kidman in the 2002 film The Hours, is a major figure in literary modernism.
The Irish Times
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James Stephens's 1912 fable The Crock of Gold has an odd place in the firmament of Irish literary modernism.
The Irish Times
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She was sympathetic to the strain of literary modernism emerging in Britain in the 1920s and 30s.
The Guardian
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Woolf's role in the making of literary modernism has overshadowed the fact that she was essentially a late Victorian and a product of that world.
The Irish Times
Usage of modernist literature in English
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"No, you aren't." Aoki turned a page in her book, pretending absorption in German modernist literature.
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