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Modernist Objects
![Floating Objects _edited.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_517f2d7830784457b14bd3b041ee7087~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2d8063_517f2d7830784457b14bd3b041ee7087~mv2.jpg)
Modernist Objects
In 1919, T.S. Eliot famously described the phenomenon of the “objective correlative” as a method of using objects, physical artifacts and sensory experiences, to convey emotion and a larger cultural significance. This course aimed to test Eliot’s premise of the objective correlative by considering Modernism’s relationship to the material world: examining the ways in which material culture contributes to our understanding of the literature and expression of this period. Below is a digital museum of objects that tell us more about the world, culture, and literature of the British modernist period.
![British Army officer in the First World War wearing a trench coat in front of a train.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_e113119509f14da083ab61ffc479dcb5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_249,h_380,q_90/2d8063_e113119509f14da083ab61ffc479dcb5~mv2.jpeg)
![Perfume Bottles](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_ad6c1f63c01a4e5e9a82ea999cc2e177~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_570,h_380,q_90/2d8063_ad6c1f63c01a4e5e9a82ea999cc2e177~mv2.jpg)
![Black and white photograph of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_0714699d57dd4870a572277af618ac86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_611,h_380,q_90/2d8063_0714699d57dd4870a572277af618ac86~mv2.jpg)
![Poppy Flowers on Dark Background](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_e1c3dabf1ef745cbac80765826c18682~mv2_d_5304_7952_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_274,h_410,q_90/11062b_e1c3dabf1ef745cbac80765826c18682~mv2_d_5304_7952_s_4_2.jpg)
![photograph of vintage camera](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_127d2e280ce342eea51ce43c65641a06~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_426,h_410,q_90/2d8063_127d2e280ce342eea51ce43c65641a06~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_00b0cf7d3e8847a4afbde2407008ec49f003.jpg/v1/fill/w_730,h_410,q_90/11062b_00b0cf7d3e8847a4afbde2407008ec49f003.jpg)
![An early twentieth century rectangular Venetian mirror, having a bevelled plate, cut glass cresting and border in the traditional manner.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_e67054956d3144f2a426ad7da93055ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_365,h_365,q_90/2d8063_e67054956d3144f2a426ad7da93055ab~mv2.jpg)
!["Where there's smoke there's fire" by Russell Patterson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_a4f2524607bd48dbb19ce52fe421379a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_570,h_365,q_90/2d8063_a4f2524607bd48dbb19ce52fe421379a~mv2.jpg)
![World War One soldier wearing a gas mask](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_b41d175550b0410eac37dbcad7ba1134~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_495,h_365,q_90/2d8063_b41d175550b0410eac37dbcad7ba1134~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_bd026287ff784f5198fbfdbbbbba2489f003.jpg/v1/fill/w_823,h_463,q_90/11062b_bd026287ff784f5198fbfdbbbbba2489f003.jpg)
![Black and white photograph of five flappers walking down a street](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d8063_8e7057d85be4497eb8123e08995564e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,q_90/2d8063_8e7057d85be4497eb8123e08995564e2~mv2.jpg)
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