Theorizing the Avant-Garde - Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity (Hardcover)

In Modernism, Expressionism and Theories of the Avant Garde, Richard Murphy mobilises theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde. He assesses the importance of the avant-garde for contemporary culture and for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Murphy reconsiders the classic formulation of the avant-garde in Lukacs and Bloch, especially their discussion of aesthetic autonomy, and investigates the relationship between art and politics via a discussion of Marcuse, Adorno and Benjamin. Combining close textual readings of a wide range of films as well as works of literature, 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literature, Culture, Theory
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	1998
Authors:	Richard Murphy
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-63291-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Promotions
LSN:	0-521-63291-9
Barcode:	9780521632911

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