The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is now over 90% bigger!

Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is updated on a bi annual basis. The latest update includes 150 new articles, bringing the entire collection to over 1,900 articles written by subject experts. This is an increase in more than 90% of content since launch.

We have handpicked a number of articles from this update that, for a limited time, are freely accessible. They are grouped around a number of themes such as:

Notable Figures:

Events and Ideas in the Wider World:

Modernist Movements Around the World:

Here is the full list of articles included in our spring update:

Architecture
Arquitetura Nova | Vanessa Grossman
Weberhofer Quintana, Walter (1923-2002) | Ángeles Maqueira Yamasaki, Martín Fabbri García, Octavio Montestruque Bisso, Katerine Tapia Vila

Dance
Argentine Tango (ca. 1890s-Present) | Marta Elena Savigliano
Ausdruckstanz (1910-1950) | Susan Manning
De Maré, Rolf (1888- 1964) | James Steichen
Foregger, Nikolai Mikhailovich (1892-1939) | Nicoletta Misler
Fosse, Bob (1927-1987) | Dara Milovanovic
Guy, Edna (1907-1983) | Carl Paris
Humphrey, Doris (1895-1958) | Lesley Main
Jazz Dancing | Jill Flanders Crosby and Wendy Oliver
Mercé y Luque, Antonia Rosa (Stage Name: La Argentina) (1888-1936) | Ninotchka Bennahum
Monte Verità (1900-) | Simon Baur
Nettleford, Rex (1933- 2010) | Sabine Sörgel
New Dance Theatre (1949-1955, Toronto, Canada) | Samantha Mehra
Nijinsky, Vaslay (1889–1950) | Hanna Järvinen
Parnakh, Valentin Yakovlevich (1891- 1951) | Nicoletta Misler
Physical Culture | Patricia Vertinsky
Robinson, Jacqueline (1922–2000) | Sanja Andus L’Hotellier
Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance | Julie Malnig
Sacharov, Alexander (1886-1963) and Von Derp, Clotilde (born von der Planitz) (1892-1974) | Patrizia Veroli
Waldeen (Waldeen Falkenstein) (1913-1993) | Elizabeth Schwall
Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931) | Marlis Schweitzer

Drama/ Performance
Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) | John Swain

Intellectual Currents
Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838-1926) | Andrew Logemann
Al-Tahtawi, Rifa’a (1801-1873) | Mahmoud A. A. Ibrahim
Blitz | Beryl Pong
Dieste, Eladio (1917-2000) | Marcos Castaings and Martín Cobas
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–1898) | Alexandra Gerena Cubbon
Kartodikromo, Mas Marco (1890-1932) | Hendrik Maier
League of Nations (1919-1946) | Patrick V. Day and Vincent P. Pecora
Lévy-Brühl, Lucien (1857-1939) | Cécile Guédon
Malinowski, Bronisław Kasper (1884-1942) | David Beard
Mannheim, Karl (1893-1947) | James Chappel
Marburg School | Paul Silas Peterson
Mukařovský, Jan (1891-1975) | Christopher Norris
Parnell, Charles Stewart (1846-1891) | Lisa Weihman
Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876-1932) | Karen Haire
Popular Front |Cécile Guédon
Prague Linguistic Circle, The | Christopher Norris
Propaganda | David Beard
Rozanov, Vasily (1856-1919) | Sean Griffin
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939) | Christopher Norris
Scheler, Max (1874–1928) | Paul Silas Peterson
Schmitt, Carl (1888-1985) | Ryan Siemers
Sombart, Werner (1863-1941) | Brian Van Wyck
Technocracy | Eric B. Litwack
Treitschke, Heinrich von (1834-1896) | Konstantin von Freytag-Loringhoven
Troeltsch, Ernst (1865-1923) | Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Vaihinger, Hans (1852-1933) | Christopher Norris
Weston, Jessie (1850-1928) | Joel Hawkes

Literature
Adivasi Writing | Urvashi Vashist
al-Khāl, Yūsuf (1917-1987) | Dounia Badini
Beydoun, Abbas (Bayḏūn, ʿAbbās) (1945--) | Leslie Tramontini
Blok, Aleksander (БЛОК, АЛЕКСАНДР) (1880–1921) | Frederick H. White
Bluvshtain (Sela), Rachel (1890–1931) | Miryam Segal
Can Xue 殘雪 (penname of Deng Xiaohua 鄧小華) (1953 –) | Frederik Green
Campbell, Roy (1901-1957) | Tony Voss
d’Annunzio, Gabriele (1863—1938) | Mara Santi
Dalit Literature | Raj Kumar
Das, Kamala (1934-2009) | Navaneetha Mokkil
Di Yunge | Saul Noam Zaritt
Ezekiel, Nissim (1924–2004) | Madhu Grover
Gnessin, Uri Nissan (1879-1913) | Naama Harel
Goswami, Joy (1954 -) | Sumanta Mukhopadhyay
Kolatkar, Arun (1932-2004) | Rajeev S. Patke
Lankesh, P. (1935-2000) | V.B. Tharakeshwar
Liu, Na’o (1905-1940) | Hsiao-yen Peng
Livingstone, Douglas James (1932-1996) | Dan Wylie
Lu, Xun (1881-1936) | Flora Xiaofang Shao
Luhan, Mabel Dodge (1879-1962) | Lara Kuykendall
MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892–1978) | Corey Gibson
MacInnes, Colin (1914-1976) | Paula Derdiger
MacNeice, Louis (1907–1963) | Ian Whittington
Manto, Saadat Hasan (و‏‏سعادت حسن منٹ) (1955-1912) | M. Asaduddin
Marais, Eugène (1871-1936) | Etienne Terblanche
Marriott, Anne (1913-1997) | Shannon Maguire
Modernism in Bengali Literature | Sibaji Bandyopadhyay
Modernism in Hindi Literature | Harish Trivedi
Modernism in Kannada Literature | V. B. Tharakeshwar
Modernism in Malayalam Literature | K. Satchidanandan
Muktibodh, Gajanan Madhav (1917-1964) | Greg Goulding
Murry, John Middleton (1889-1957) | Shawna Ross
Navodaya (New Birth) Period | Vijayakumar M. Boratti
Navya (Kannada) | H. Nikhila
Opperman, Diederik Johannes (1914-1985) | Heilna du Plooy
Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1930-2006) | K. Satchidanandan
Qabbani, Nizar (نزار قباني) (1998-1923) | Mark D. Luce
Ramaswamy, Sundara (1931-2005) | A. R. Venkatachalapathy
Russian Modernism (1890-1934) | J. Douglas Clayton
Smith, Pauline (1882-1959) | Nicholas Meihuizen
Sri Sri (1910-1983) |Tirupati Rao
Takamura, Kôtarô (高村光太郎) (1883-1956) | John Peters
Tsvetaeva, Marina (ЦВЕТАЕВА, Марина) (1892-1941) | Sibelan Forrester
Vijayan, O. V. (1930-2005) | Chitra Panikkar