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More than four decades after its founding, the Journal of Modern Literature remains a leading scholarly journal in the field of modern and contemporary literature and is widely recognized as such. It emphasizes scholarly studies of literature in all languages, as well as related arts and cultural artifacts, from 1900 to the present. International in its scope, its contributors include scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceana, and South America.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Poetry "by the eye"


What makes a poem visual? Andrew Williamson takes us on his journey to understand the roots of Ezra Pound's visual aesthetic in a "Closer Look" post for Indiana University Press, highlighting content from our latest issue, JML 43.4 (Summer 2020). 

You can read the full post HERE.

Williamson's essay, "Pound 're/ sound'" is a special read-for-free feature. You can access the free version HERE.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Approaching Cryptic Poetry

 As part of Indiana University Press's "A Closer Look" series, JML author Jerome J.H. Lim provides some background for his essay in the latest issue, explaining how we approaches the "cryptic" late poetry of contemporary British poet J.H. Prynne. 

You can read the full post HERE.

Lim's essay “Recurrence and Remembrance: Reading J.H. Prynne's ‘Reach Up’ and ‘Morning’ from Al-Dente (2014)” is a read-for-free feature. Access the free version HERE.