Theorizing the Avant-garde: Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity
- ISBN-10
- 1107115817
- ISBN-13
- 9781107115811
- Category
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- Richard John Murphy
Description
Combining close textual readings of a wide range of works of literature as well as films, it draws on a rich array of critical theories, such as those of Bakhtin, Todorov, MacCabe, Belsey and Raymond Williams. This interdisciplinary project will appeal to all those interested in modernist and avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century, and provides a critical rethinking of the present-day controversy regarding postmodernity.
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