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Democracy, law and the modernist avant-gardes : writing in the state of exception / by Sascha Bru.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bru, Sascha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modernism (Literature)--Europe.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Literature, Experimental--Europe.
- Literature, Experimental.
- Democracy--Europe.
- Democracy.
- Politics and literature--Europe.
- Politics and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Democracy Law & the Modernist Avant-Gardes
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first book to look at the ties between European modernism and democracy in a cross-cultural manner.
- Contents:
- Taking writing to exception : by way of introduction
- The trauma of literature : a promenade through the archive on the avant-garde and politics
- The party and the book : Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, futurism and amateur democracy
- The paper state : Paul van Ostaijen, expressionism and constitutional heterotopia
- The secret politician : Richard Huelsenbeck, Dadaism and the redemption of literature
- The law of literature : by way of conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5193-4
- 1-282-62043-6
- 9786612620430
- 0-7486-4176-9
- OCLC:
- 638860078
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