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Modernism's mythic pose : gender, genre, solo performance / Carrie J. Preston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Preston, Carrie J.
- Series:
- Modernist literature & culture.
- Modernist literature & culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- Dance--United States--History--19th century.
- Dance.
- Modernism (Literature)--United States.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Modernism (Art)--United States.
- Modernism (Art).
- American literature--Classical influences.
- American literature.
- Art, Modern--Classical influences.
- Art, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, Modernism's Mythic Pose argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates moderni
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The solo's origins: monodramas, attitudes, dramatic monologues
- Posing modernism: Delsartism in modern dance and silent film
- Positioning genre: the dramatic monologue in cultures of recitation
- The motor in the soul: Isadora Duncan's solo dance
- Ritualized reception: H.D.'s antimodernist poetics and cinematics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613427786
- 9780190252847
- 0190252847
- 9781283427784
- 1283427788
- 9780199877447
- 0199877440
- OCLC:
- 769344047
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31422 hdl
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