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Beginning in the late 19th Century, literary modernism was marked by an intentional break with tradition. This includes a number of characteristics such as championship of the individual and all things being relative.

Modernism and the Novel

Modern fiction, modernism and the novel.
http://www.examstutor.com/mobi/englishliterature/resources/studyroom/reference/author/woolf/woolf_modern_ficition.php
Every Modernist Novel Ever - The Toast

A humorous interpretation of the modernist novel.
http://the-toast.net/2016/06/02/every-modernist-novel-ever/
Modernism and the Modern Novel

The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered, stable and inherently meaningful world view of the nineteenth century could not, wrote T.S. Eliot, accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history."
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html
The Modern Novel - Slideshare

Information about the modern novel.
http://www.slideshare.net/mraiyah/the-modern-novel-16554693
Modernism in Literature - An Overview

Don't confuse the Modernists movement with the standard dictionary definition of modern. Modernism in Literature is not a chronological designation; rather it consists of literary work possessing certain loosely defined characteristics.
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/29453-modernism-in-literature
Modernism - The Literature Network

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.
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php
Elements of Modernism in American Literature - Synonym

Modernism was a cultural wave that originated in Europe and swept the United States during the early 20th century. Modernism impacted music, art and literature by radically undoing traditional forms, ...
http://classroom.synonym.com/elements-modernism-american-literature-2872.html
The 10 Best Modernist Books (in English) - Publishers Weekly

The easy way in to some great, challenging books.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/58283-the-10-best-modernist-books.html
Modernism (Literary-artistic-cultural Period, app. 1900-1950) - Coursesite

Modernism is a recent period of Western or World Civilization; modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period. Modernization or modernity is ongoing since emergence of humanism and modern science in Classical Greece, or at least since the Renaissance.
http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Whitec/terms/M/modernism.htm
Why Write Modern Fiction? - The New York Times

The author explains why he writes fiction set in a modern world.
http://coupland.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/why-write-modern-fiction
3 Tips To Write Modern Allegorical Novels - The Write Practice

As for allegory, it is a literary genre concerned about principals and ideas represented abstractly.
https://thewritepractice.com/modern-allegories
Understanding Modernism and Postmodernism - Writing

If you don't know the traits of modern and postmodern literature this will be useful.
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/943010-Understanding-Modernism--Postmodernism
Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction - Open Culture

Before he was a big game hunter, before he was a deep-sea fisherman, Ernest Hemingway was a craftsman who would rise very early in the morning and write. His best stories are masterpieces of the modern era, and his prose style is one of the most influential of the 20th century.
http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/seven_tips_from_ernest_hemingway_on_how_to_write_fiction.html
Popular Modern Literature Books - Good Reads

Books shelved as modern-literature: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 1984 by George Orwell, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/modern-literature
Literary Modernism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America. Some philosophers, like Georg Lukacs, theorized that literary modernism had its origins in the philosophy of Walter Benjamin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_modernism

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Modernism and the Novel

Modern fiction, modernism and the novel.
http://www.examstutor.com/mobi/englishliterature/resources/studyroom/reference/author/woolf/woolf_modern_ficition.php
Every Modernist Novel Ever - The Toast

A humorous interpretation of the modernist novel.
http://the-toast.net/2016/06/02/every-modernist-novel-ever/
Modernism and the Modern Novel

The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered, stable and inherently meaningful world view of the nineteenth century could not, wrote T.S. Eliot, accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history."
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html
The Modern Novel - Slideshare

Information about the modern novel.
http://www.slideshare.net/mraiyah/the-modern-novel-16554693
Modernism in Literature - An Overview

Don't confuse the Modernists movement with the standard dictionary definition of modern. Modernism in Literature is not a chronological designation; rather it consists of literary work possessing certain loosely defined characteristics.
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/29453-modernism-in-literature
Modernism - The Literature Network

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.
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php
Elements of Modernism in American Literature - Synonym

Modernism was a cultural wave that originated in Europe and swept the United States during the early 20th century. Modernism impacted music, art and literature by radically undoing traditional forms, ...
http://classroom.synonym.com/elements-modernism-american-literature-2872.html
The 10 Best Modernist Books (in English) - Publishers Weekly

The easy way in to some great, challenging books.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/58283-the-10-best-modernist-books.html
Modernism (Literary-artistic-cultural Period, app. 1900-1950) - Coursesite

Modernism is a recent period of Western or World Civilization; modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period. Modernization or modernity is ongoing since emergence of humanism and modern science in Classical Greece, or at least since the Renaissance.
http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Whitec/terms/M/modernism.htm
Why Write Modern Fiction? - The New York Times

The author explains why he writes fiction set in a modern world.
http://coupland.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/why-write-modern-fiction
3 Tips To Write Modern Allegorical Novels - The Write Practice

As for allegory, it is a literary genre concerned about principals and ideas represented abstractly.
https://thewritepractice.com/modern-allegories
Understanding Modernism and Postmodernism - Writing

If you don't know the traits of modern and postmodern literature this will be useful.
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/943010-Understanding-Modernism--Postmodernism
Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction - Open Culture

Before he was a big game hunter, before he was a deep-sea fisherman, Ernest Hemingway was a craftsman who would rise very early in the morning and write. His best stories are masterpieces of the modern era, and his prose style is one of the most influential of the 20th century.
http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/seven_tips_from_ernest_hemingway_on_how_to_write_fiction.html
Popular Modern Literature Books - Good Reads

Books shelved as modern-literature: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 1984 by George Orwell, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/modern-literature
Literary Modernism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America. Some philosophers, like Georg Lukacs, theorized that literary modernism had its origins in the philosophy of Walter Benjamin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_modernism

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Beginning in the late 19th Century, literary modernism was marked by an intentional break with tradition. This includes a number of characteristics such as championship of the individual and all things being relative.

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