The dislocation and disillusionment that came with the opening of the twentieth century, the scars of the "Great War," the break down of traditional religion, the anonymity and isolation of growing urban landscapes, left its mark on prominent writers of the time. In this collection we see James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway begin to reexamine the traditional mores, motifs, and morals that had guided society up until then: Catholicism, sexism, and machismo culture. The flaws of these institutions and paradigms would begin to become all the more apparent in the coming century and while even today we still work to dismantle their most toxic legacies, these writers were some of the first to challenge them—even if it came at great price to all of their mental and emotional health.

JAMES JOYCE
The Sisters
An Encounter
Araby
Eveline
After the Race
Two Gallants
The Boarding House
A Little Cloud
Counterparts
Clay
A Painful Case
Ivy Day in the Committee Room
A Mother
Grace
The Dead

VIRGINIA WOOLF
MONDAY OR TUESDAY
A HAUNTED HOUSE
A SOCIETY
MONDAY OR TUESDAY
AN UNWRITTEN NOVEL
THE STRING QUARTET
BLUE & GREEN
GREEN
BLUE
KEW GARDENS
THE MARK ON THE WALL

ERNEST HEMINGWAY
THREE STORIES; TEN POEMS
UP IN MICHIGAN
OUT OF SEASON
MY OLD MAN
TEN POEMS
MITRAIGLIATRICE
OKLAHOMA
OILY WEATHER
ROOSEVELT
CAPTIVES
CHAMPS D'HONNEUR
RIPARTO D'ASSALTO
MONTPARNASSE
ALONG WITH YOUTH
CHAPTER HEADING
IN OUR TIME