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Modernism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Modernism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Loot Price R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
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Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art
and literature, from Fauvism, Cubism, and Dada, to the novels of
James Joyce and Franz Kafka, to such provocative works as Marcel
Duchamp's "Fountain." But Modernism also left many people puzzled
in its wake. How can a routine bathroom fixture be considered a
work of art? Shouldn't a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an
end--or at least a story? In this Very Short Introduction,
Christopher Butler provides a coherent account of Modernism across
various aesthetic and cultural fields. Butler examines how and why
Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how virtually
all aspects of 20th and 21st century life have been influenced by
its aesthetic legacy. Butler considers several aspects of
modernism, including some classic modernist works, movements and
notions of the avant garde, and the idea of "progress" in art.
Finally, Butler sheds light on modernist ideas of the self,
subjectivity, irrationalism, people and machines, and the political
dimensions of modernism as a whole.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and
style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of
life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the
newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about
the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from
philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
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