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Paradoxy of Modernism (Hardcover, New)
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Paradoxy of Modernism (Hardcover, New)
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A reconsideration of the all-too-neat assumptions we make about
modernism in art and literature In this lively, personal book,
Robert Scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in
the arts during the crucial half-century from 1895 to 1945. While
critics of and apologists for modernism have defined modern art and
literature in terms of binary oppositions-high/low, old/new,
hard/soft, poetry/rhetoric-Scholes contends that these distinctions
are in fact confused and misleading. Such oppositions are instances
of "paradoxy"-an apparent clarity that covers real confusion.
Closely examining specific literary texts, drawings, critical
writings, and memoirs, Scholes seeks to complicate the neat polar
oppositions attributed to modernism. He argues for the
rehabilitation of works in the middle ground that have been
trivialized in previous evaluations, and he fights orthodoxy with
such paradoxes as "durable fluff," "formulaic creativity," and
"iridescent mediocrity." The book reconsiders major figures like
James Joyce while underscoring the value of minor figures and
addressing new attention to others rarely studied. It includes
twenty-two illustrations of the artworks discussed. Filled with the
observations of a personable and witty guide, this is a book that
opens up for a reader's delight the rich cultural terrain of
modernism.
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