Wyndham Lewis's Cultural Criticism and the Infrastructures of Patronage

Wyndham Lewis wasboth a serious proponent and forthright critic of modernism. His assault uponhis contemporaries foreshadowed the twenty-first century scholarly interest inthe networks, professions, and coteries – rather than the myths and heroics –of modernism. Lewis, after a long period of neglect, now sits increasingly atthe heart of a revised field of modernist studies. This book explores Lewis’scultural criticism as a valuable body of writing which posed questions thathave yet to be answere