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List of illustrations page viii Acknowledgments ix

Introduction Nations, empires, and the historical avant-garde   Conjuring new character: The English Review, Wyndham Lewis, and the reconstruction of Englishness   Narratives of ambition and anxiety: confronting Europe in The New Age   Advancing art and empire: Futurism in England, Italy in Libya, and the founding of Vorticism   ‘‘Surrounded by a multitude of other Blasts’’: Vorticism and the Great War   Anti-Individualism and fictions of national character in Lewis’s Tarr  Conclusion 

Notes  Bibliography  Index 

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 Wyndham Lewis, Before Antwerp, BLAST  (July ), cover; (c) the Estate of Mrs. G. A. Wyndham Lewis. By permission. page   Walter Richard Sickert (–), Soldiers of King Albert the Ready (), oil on canvas, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, UK / Bridgeman Art Library, London / New York   George Morrow, ‘‘How the Cubist . . ., ’’ Punch  ( October ): , reproduced with permission of Punch Ltd.   Bernard Partridge, ‘‘The Triumph of ‘Culture,’’’ Punch  ( August ): , reproduced with permission of Punch Ltd.   F. H. Townsend, ‘‘The Incorrigibles,’’ Punch  ( October ): , reproduced with permission of Punch Ltd.   Bernard Partridge, ‘‘A Glorious Example,’’ Punch  ( November ): , reproduced with permission of Punch Ltd.   Frank Reynolds, ‘‘Study of a Prussian Household Having its Morning Hate,’’Punch  ( February ): , reproduced with permission of Punch Ltd.   John Hassall, Belgian Canal Boat Fund (poster), The Imperial War Museum, London.   Christopher Nevinson, On the Way to the Trenches, BLAST  (July ): ; (c) the Estate of Mrs. G. A. Wyndham Lewis. By permission.   Jacob Kramer, Types of the Russian Army, BLAST  (July ): ; (c) the Estate of Mrs. G. A. Wyndham Lewis. By permission.  viii

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