James Purdon is a Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Modernist Informatics: Literature, Information, and the State (2016), and co-editor, with Rex Ferguson and Melissa M. Littlefield, of The Art of Identification: Forensics, Surveillance, Identity (2021).

'Purdon leaves no stone unturned in his comprehensive exploration of the age … Recommended.' A. P. Pennino, Choice

• Introduction James Purdon; Part I. Nation and Empire: 1. Aliens Robbie Moore; 2. Oceanic States: Modernism, Imperialism, and the Sea Matthew P. M. Kerr; 3. Passage Work: The Rise of 'English'? Helen Thaventhiran; 4. Anglo-Irish Transitions Andrew Murphy; 5. British War Writing: Empire, Mass Warfare, and Mass Culture Andrew Frayn; 6. Capturing Home: British First World War Poetry Guy Cuthbertson; Part II. Media: 7. Literature and Wartime Propaganda James Purdon; 8. Black, White, and Read All Over: Mines, Mountains, and the Paysage Moralisé of the British Press Abbie Garrington; 9. Notable Trials and Literary Realism Rex Ferguson; 10. Literature and Telecommunication Richard Menke; 11. Literature and Film Laura Marcus; Part III. Aesthetics: 12. Transitions, Turns: Centuries, Decadents, Modernists Vincent Sherry; 13. Poetry and Transition Sean Pryor; 14. Realism and Mass Politics Andrew Shail; 15. Short Fiction David Trotter; 16. Ideals of a Picture Gallery Claudia Tobin; Part IV. Society: 17. Pseudo-cities: Exhibitionary, Military, Cinematic George Potts; 18. Ecological Points of View Andrew Kalaidjian; 19. Gender, Biopolitics, Bildungsroman Charlotte Jones; 20. Freudian Fiction or Wild Psycho-analysis?: Modernism, Psychoanalysis, and Popular Fiction Helen Tyson; 21. The Economics of Generosity in Ford, Conrad, and Keynes Beci Carver.

James Purdon is a Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Modernist Informatics: Literature, Information, and the State (2016), and co-editor, with Rex Ferguson and Melissa M. Littlefield, of The Art of Identification: Forensics, Surveillance, Identity (2021).

'Purdon leaves no stone unturned in his comprehensive exploration of the age … Recommended.' A. P. Pennino, Choice

• Introduction James Purdon; Part I. Nation and Empire: 1. Aliens Robbie Moore; 2. Oceanic States: Modernism, Imperialism, and the Sea Matthew P. M. Kerr; 3. Passage Work: The Rise of 'English'? Helen Thaventhiran; 4. Anglo-Irish Transitions Andrew Murphy; 5. British War Writing: Empire, Mass Warfare, and Mass Culture Andrew Frayn; 6. Capturing Home: British First World War Poetry Guy Cuthbertson; Part II. Media: 7. Literature and Wartime Propaganda James Purdon; 8. Black, White, and Read All Over: Mines, Mountains, and the Paysage Moralisé of the British Press Abbie Garrington; 9. Notable Trials and Literary Realism Rex Ferguson; 10. Literature and Telecommunication Richard Menke; 11. Literature and Film Laura Marcus; Part III. Aesthetics: 12. Transitions, Turns: Centuries, Decadents, Modernists Vincent Sherry; 13. Poetry and Transition Sean Pryor; 14. Realism and Mass Politics Andrew Shail; 15. Short Fiction David Trotter; 16. Ideals of a Picture Gallery Claudia Tobin; Part IV. Society: 17. Pseudo-cities: Exhibitionary, Military, Cinematic George Potts; 18. Ecological Points of View Andrew Kalaidjian; 19. Gender, Biopolitics, Bildungsroman Charlotte Jones; 20. Freudian Fiction or Wild Psycho-analysis?: Modernism, Psychoanalysis, and Popular Fiction Helen Tyson; 21. The Economics of Generosity in Ford, Conrad, and Keynes Beci Carver.