Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-66238-3 — Literature, Politics, and the English Avant-Garde Paul Peppis Table of Contents More Information Contents 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 vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-66238-3 — Literature, Politics, and the English Avant-Garde Paul Peppis Table of Contents More Information Illustrations 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 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org.