Modernism's Other Work

Modernism's Other Work challenges our view of relationships between aesthetic autonomy and the world of daily life-a conjuncture that Lisa Siraganian demonstrates has often been misunderstood in critical studies of modernism.

Lisa Siraganian is Associate Professor of English at Southern Methodist University.

Introduction
Theorizing Art and Punctuation: Gertrude Stein's Breathless Poetry
Satirizing Frameless Art: Wyndham Lewis's Defense of Representation
Breaking Glass to Save the Frame: William Carlos Williams and Company
Challenging Kitsch Equality: William Gaddis's and Elizabeth Bishop's "Neo" Rear-Garde Art
Administering Poetic Breath for the People: Charles Olson and Amiri Baraka
Coda: Universal Breath