Make It New
Europe and America between the world wars
The rallying cry of modernism, a literary and artistic movement that predominated between the two world wars, was, in the words of poet and critic Ezra Pound, “Make it new.” In the arts, in music, and in books, the emphasis was on the cutting edge and avant-garde. Now, five scholars from different disciplines are reassessing the period’s important contributions to literature, life, culture, and design.