Melinda Ballance Shawn Diltz
Bourgoin
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2 November 2014
Modern Era: Annotated Bibliography
"Modernism (art)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online . Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 02
Nov. 2014.
This source seems to be very credible due to the fact that it is from an Encyclopedia, used as a database for schools and to be used by students, teachers, as well as anybody searching for solid and factual information. This piece offers a valid definition of what modernism is, how it came to be, and what elements are involved in this era and how it evolved over time. It focuses specifically on literature and other arts in this era. This is a great source because not only does it offer valuable information about the literary era itself but the ones surrounding it, how it came to be and what it turned into and why, allowing us to review it in context. The key details I would like to focus on would be the new forms of expression characterized by the changing world around it such as industrialization, social alterations, and advances in science. The key literature aspects include specific novelists and poets whose literature was influenced by the modernity around them. I can highlight key authors such as James Joyce, William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, and Thomas Eliot. The history aspect of this source provides us with key events that influenced these writers and their introspection that is important to the era.
"Modernism." Modernism. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2014.
<https://faculty.unlv.edu/kirschen/handouts/modernism.html>.

Melinda Ballance Shawn Diltz
Bourgoin
AP LIt & Comp 14/15
2 November 2014
This seems to be a very credible source, as it is straight from the website of a university.
That means that this material is meant to be taught, so it contains valuable information about the
Modern era that can be used to in turn teach our classmates. This source highlights important events in the Modern era, and gives examples of authors and works that had a big impact on
Modernism at the time. For example, this source uses credible persons to define exactly what
Modernism is. Baldick describes it as “ Characterized chiefly by a rejection of 19th-century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader.” The source also goes over the important dates in Modernism, like its beginning and end, and gives a few examples of
Modernist work. The source even compares two pieces of art, one from Modernist era and one from a pre-Modern era and highlights their differences. Instead of the source just giving you that information, it gives you a credible name to link the information with. The things I would like to use from this source would be how Modernism is defined, the speculated dates that Modernism began and ended, and the common themes found in all Modernist works. Using this information
I can elevate my understanding of Modernism and use it in the presentation.
Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-modernism>.
This source seems to be very credible. It comes from a site that is dedicated to poetry, which Modernism has a lot of. It also uses various credible authors and events to help explain what exactly Modernism is. This source’s purpose is to explain to someone who has little idea what Modernism is the basic gist. It gives a few important movements

Melinda Ballance Shawn Diltz
Bourgoin
AP LIt & Comp 14/15
2 November 2014 and events in Modernism such as Cubism, Constructivism, Futurism, Acmeism, and
Imagism. It also gives a few important people like Ezra Pound and Robert Frost. I can use this source to highlight some of the important people and places in the Modern era. This source can also be used to find more credible sources to put into our presentation and get quotes from.
Rahn, Josh. "Modernism." - Literature Periods & Movements . Jalic Inc., 2011. Web. 03 Nov.
2014.
This website offers very credible information regarding the modern era. It offers a variety of information if one needed to look into other literary eras and the literature and history along with it. It provides a plentiful amount of details belonging to this era that show many sides to it allowing us to understand the fullness of this time period and the literature influenced by it. It is used by teachers and students who search for reliable information from this article written by
Josh Rahn, who has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Morehead State University and a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky. He talks about how it began and the history behind it, how it evolved into this era of broken traditions and self reflection. He continues in detail about the causes of it and the movements into reform about racism, sexism, and how artists, novelists, and poets were all influenced by this change. This article includes some examples of the popular literature in this period, like Hemingway and
Fitzgerald, and how their style fits in what some may recognize as “The Lost Generation”. I want to focus on key details such as the artists and what influenced them and made them so

Melinda Ballance Shawn Diltz
Bourgoin
AP LIt & Comp 14/15
2 November 2014 unique from the previous era. He points out the idea of a stream of consciousness that is significant to understanding this era and how it was focused on introspection and studying one’s mind and the peaking interests of knowledge as well as creativity.