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    Modernism was a literary movement that originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a break from traditional styles of poetry and representation. Modernist writers experimented with form and expression to capture new sensibilities, influenced by thinkers like Freud, Jung, and Nietzsche. The horrors of World War I also challenged prevailing assumptions. Modernist works by authors like James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot were self-conscious, introspective explorations of human nature that rejected absolute truths.

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    Modernism

    Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19 th and
    20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America. Some philosophers
    theorized that literary modernism had its origins in the philosophy of Walter
    Benjamin. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional
    styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and
    expression, adhering to Ezra Pound’s maxim to “to make it new”. The modernist
    literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional
    modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their time. The
    horrors of First World War saw the prevailing assumptions about society
    reassessed. In the 1880s, increased attention was given to the idea that it was
    necessary to push aside previous norms entirely, instead of merely revising
    past knowledge in light of contemporary techniques. The theories of Sigmund
    Freud, and Ernst Mach influenced early Modernist literature. Freud’s description
    of subjective states, involving an unconscious mind full of primal impulses and
    counterbalancing self-imposed restrictions, was combined by Carl Jung with the
    idea of the collective unconscious, which the conscious mind either fought or
    embraced. Another major precursor or modernism was Friedrich Nietzsche,
    especially his idea that psychological drives, specifically the “will to power”,
    were more important than facts, or things. Henri Bergson’s work on time and
    consciousness technique, such as Dorothy Richardson for the book Pointed
    Roofs, James Joyce for Ulysses, and Virginia Woolf for Mrs Dalloway and To
    the Lighthouse. Modernism as a literary movement can be seen also, as a
    reaction to industrialization, urbanization and new technologies. Important
    literary precursors of Modernism were: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime and
    Punishment, The brothers Karamazov), Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass),
    Rimbaud ( Illuminations, 1874), August Strindberg (The trilogy to Damascus, A
    dream play, The Ghost sonata. The poet of the Imagist movement, founded by
    Ezra Pound in 1912 as a new poetic style, gave Modernism its early start in the
    20th century, and were characterized by a poetry that favored a precision of
    imagery, brevity and Free verse. Many modernist writers also shared a mistrust
    of institutions of power such as government and religion, and rejected the notion
    of absolute truths. Modernist works such as T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922),
    were increasingly self-aware, introspective, and explored the darker aspects of
    human nature.

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