The first moderns : profiles in the origins of twentieth-century thought / William R. Everdell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everdell, William R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking--History--20th century.

Thought and thinking.

Modernism (Aesthetics).

Intellectual life--History--20th century.

Intellectual life.

History.

Science--History--20th century.

Science.

Physical Description:

xi, 501 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Summary:

With astounding range and scholarly command, "The First Moderns" provides "a comprehensive, insightful study of that elusive monster of an intellectual subject known as 'modernism'" (John Patrick Diggins, Professor of History, CUNY)--narrating portraits of genius, profiling intellectual breakthroughs, and richly evoking the "fin-de-siecle" atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-461) and index.

ISBN:

0226224805

OCLC:

35714512