Brian Glavey
Despite the centrality of modernist conceptions of form in the history of literary studies, recent formalist criticism has had relatively little to say about modernism. Cara Lewis offers a powerful corrective to this neglect, revealing a modernist vision of form that is vital and volatile. This fantastic book is sure to reinvigorate discussions of modernism and the possibilities of form.
Jesse Matz
Finally, the breakthrough—a book that really recognizes what modernist artforms could do, for each other and for the wider world. Cara Lewis is that uncommon scholar able to pursue an inspired idea through its most challenging iterations; the result is a stellar set of revelations, a brilliant new modernist panorama, and a book that is itself very finely formed: well crafted, beautifully written, and truly a joy to read.
Michael Thurston
Dynamic Form is an impressive and persuasive piece of scholarship and criticism, clear in its claims, cogent in its arguments, comprehensive in its grasp of the critical debates around its textual exemplars, and lucid in its prose.
David James
In this elegant, urgent book, Cara Lewis demonstrates how indispensable the critical practice of historically sensitive formalism remains to modernist studies today. Her nuanced readings of the affective and aesthetic dynamics of intermediality demonstrate the stakes of attending to the way modernist forms never stay still.
