Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Landmarks of Modern Literature -- Nature's Realm -- Protest & Progress -- Colonialism & Its Aftermath -- Mind & Spirit -- Popular Culture & Mass Entertainment -- Women Rise -- Economics & Technology -- Utopias & Dystopias -- War, Holocaust, Totalitarianism -- Optimism, Joy, Gentility -- Favorites of Childhood and Youth -- List of First Editions -- Notes -- A Note About the Artist
Summary
This volume takes readers on a thought-provoking tour of the 20th century, through the medium of the printed word. Here readers will find over 150 pivotal works organized into topical categories, reflecting themes that have informed the century
