The recent enthusiasm for things postmodern has often produced a caricature of Modernism as monolithic and reactionary. Peter Nicholls argues instead that the distinctive feature of Modernism is its diversity. Through a lively analysis of each of Modernism's main literary movements, he explores the connections between the new stylistic developments and the shifting politics of gender and authority. Nicholls introduces a wealth of literary experimentation, beginning with Baudelaire and Mallarmé and moving forward to the first avant-gardes. Close readings of key texts monitor the explosive histories of Futurism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, histories that allow Anglo-American Modernism to be seen in a strikingly different light. In revealing Modernism's broad and varied terrain, Nicholls evokes the richness of a cultural moment that continues to shape our own.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520201033
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-20103-3
- Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- Erscheinungstermin: 24.08.1995
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Neuausgabe 1995
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 463 g
- Seiten: 382
- Format (B x H x T): 139 x 216 x 24 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt