Imagism: An earlytwentiethcentury modernist movement in AngloAmerican poetry that promoted an economy of direct, clear and precise ... The modernist avant-garde of the twentieth century would come to experience this bind intensely.
In addition, the book features a generous selection of texts by avant-garde thinkers and writers from the Continent.
In this fully updated and revised second edition, charting the movement in its global and local contexts, Peter Childs: details the origins of the modernist movement and the influence of thinkers such as Darwin, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, ...
In addition, the book features a generous selection of texts by avant-garde thinkers and writers from the Continent.
Modernist ideas have pervaded every form of design, from graphics to architecture, as well as being a key influence on art, literature and music. In this comprehensive survey, Richard Weston...
This volume combines a clear overview for those with no prior knowledge or experience of modernism with a subtle argument that will appeal to higher level undergraduates and scholars.
Rather than assuming and recounting the contributions of modernism's chief literary and artistic figures, this book focuses on critical formulations and reception through topics such as: - The evolution of “modernism” from a pejorative ...
Like a chord, modernism was more than a casual cluster of avant-garde protests; it added up to more than the sum of its ... For its part, the external history of modernism, which fits it into its environments, is quite as relevant to my ...
The previous art movements that contributed to the art movement Modernism such as, 'Art Deco' which came into existence during the 1920's.
Taking an accessible chronological approach, Modernism: Evolution of An Idea covers such topics as: • Early debates, from Calinescu's Five Faces of Modernity to The New Age magazine and writer-critics such as T.S. Eliot and Cyril Connolly ...
The two-volume work Modernism has been awarded the prestigious 2008 MSA Book Prize! Modernism has constituted one of the most prominent fields of literary studies for decades.
The previous art movements that contributed to the art movement Modernism such as, 'Art Deco' which came into existence during the 1920's.
This anthology provides a guide to the Modernist movement in literature. Covering intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940, it draws on contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde.