The first guide to the work of Wyndham Lewis as writer novelist and criticWyndham Lewis 1882 1957 was one of the most innovative writers and painters of his time An indefatigable critic of ideology politics and culture Lewis was also one of modernism s key creative artists and a unique twentieth century thinker This book offers a scholarly companion to his written work It features dedicated chapters on such novels as Tarr 1918 The Apes of God 1930 The Revenge for Love 1937 The Human Age sequence 1928 55 and Self Condemned 1954 Also included are chapters on Lewis s pre war writing cultural criticism politics satire and reputation and legacy Other chapters consider such varied topics as Vorticism and avant gardism war race and gender technology and mass media and modernism Wyndham Lewis A Critical Guide is essential reading for scholars working on Lewis modernism and twentieth century socio cultural history Key Features Provides a clear overview of Lewis s literary critical and non fictional achievements for readers with no prior knowledge of his workExplores Lewis s most important novels in individual chaptersExpert contributors include Faith Binckes Bath Spa University David Bradshaw University of Oxford Paul Edwards University of East Anglia Ann Marie Einhaus Northumbria University Miranda Hickman McGill University Scott W Klein Wake Forest University Ian Patterson University of Cambridge and Alan Munton University of Exeter