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Year 11 Extension English

Finding Resources in Accessit

Here are some books that you may find useful during your studies.  Search the Bennies catalogue Accessit for more, or browse the Non-fiction collection NFS.

You Tube

A brief overview of the Modernist movement in American Literature.

SlideShare- Modernism in Literature

poets.org

BBC Radio Podcast

Melvyn Bragg snd guests discuss Literary Modernism.

Useful Links

Modernism- the Modernist Period in English Literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century through roughly 1965. In broad terms, the period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. 

An Overview of Literary Modernism

Modernism & Modernistic Literature: Introduction and Background