The Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis: Time and Western Man Volume 22

by Edwards, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780198785835
• ISBN10: 0198785836
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-12-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis brings together for the first time all of the published writings of Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), a major contributor to literary modernism and one of the most important British painters of the first half of the twentieth century.

This is the first comprehensive edition of Time and Western Man, with explanatory notes, previously unpublished drafts, a history of composition, and an account of its critical reception. Originally published in 1927, Time and Western Man is one of Lewis's most important books, and a pioneering work of cultural criticism. It contains scathing criticism of his fellow modernist writers, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. The second part of the book analyses and attacks the philosophy of 'Time', focusing especially on Henri Bergson, A. N. Whitehead, Samuel Alexander, and Oswald Spengler. Many of Lewis's most penetrating arguments are in the drafts that are printed in this edition for the first time.

Author Biography

Paul Edwards, Independent Scholar

Paul Edwards studied English at Cambridge, Birmingham, and London Universities and and taught at Bath Spa University from from 1993–2011, where he was Professor of English and History of Art. He has written extensively on Wyndham Lewis, as well as curating several exhibitions (including the 2010 retrospective at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid) and editing many of his works. He is general editor of the Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction
List of Plates
Time and Western Man
Abbreviations
Afterword
Explanatory Notes
Table of Variants
Textual Notes (A)
Textual Notes (B)
Prefaces in Harcourt, Brace and Co. edition (1928)
Appendix: Unused Chapters and Drafts
A Chronology of Wyndham Lewis
Bibliography
Index