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Title: Mourning Modernity: Literary Modernism and the Wounds of American Capitalism by Seth Moglen
In Mourning Modernity, Seth Moglen argues that American literary modernism is, at its core, an effort to mourn the wounds inflicted by capitalism. The book reveals that the most celebrated literary movement of the twentieth century is driven by a deep conflict between political hope and despair—between the fear that alienation and exploitation are inescapable facts of life, and the longing for a more just and free society.
Moglen traces this conflict through the works of a dozen novelists and poets, from T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner to Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Tillie Olsen. The study shows how these writers grappled with the trauma of modern capitalism, using literary form to express both grief and resistance.
This is a critical work for understanding the political and emotional stakes of modernist literature. It reframes modernism not as an escape from politics, but as a profound engagement with the social and economic conditions of its time. For fans of literary criticism and American cultural history, this book offers a fresh, compelling perspective on why modernism matters now.