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Modernism is a major literary movement of the first part of the twentieth-century. The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. Irish writers were especially important in the twentieth-century, including James Joyce and later Samuel Beckett, both central figures in the Modernist movement
This is a partial list of 20th-century writers. This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction
The poets Charles Olson (1910-1970) and J. H. Prynne (1936- ) are, amongst other writing in the second half of the 20th century, who have been described as late modernists. [ 9 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century compiled by American literary critic Larry McCaffery. The list was created largely in response to the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery considered out of touch with 20th-century ...
Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000). The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature, Postmodern literature, flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [1] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century English male writers and Category:20th-century English women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
1733 in literature – Letters Concerning the English Nation – Voltaire; Memoirs of the Twentieth Century – Samuel Madden; Essay on Man (to 1744) – Alexander Pope 1734 in literature – Copies of Voltaire 's Letters on the English are burned, and a warrant is issued for the author's arrest.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century Black British writers and Category:20th-century British male writers and Category:20th-century British women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.