David Bradshaw and Kevin J. H. Dettmar, eds.: A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture.(Book review)

David Bradshaw and Kevin J. H. Dettmar, eds. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2008. xxi + 593 pp. Paper $50.00

AS DANTE NEEDED HIS VIRGIL to negotiate the more obscure paths on his journey, so is this book necessary either for those venturing onto the modernist trek for the first time or for those who would like a trusted friend, advisor, or tour guide. One can make a safe investment in this book, which, for the price, presents well-known modernist scholars writing with completeness yet brevity and, on occasion, humor. In fact, with sixty-four essays by scholars from both the United States and Great Britain, this is a valuable …