Theorizing modernism : essays in critical theory / edited by Steve Giles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giles, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature).

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when postmodernism seems to have achieved a dominant position in cultural and critical theory, the contributors to this volume present a much needed corrective to the misleading images of modernism which have dominated recent debate. Theorizing Modernisms includes an account of European modernism, and analysis of the work of Apollinaire and Aberti, Wyndham Lewis and Mike Johnson, and Kert Schwitters. Steve Giles provides a much needed overview of the relationship between modernism and the avant-garde, postmodernism and modernity.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE PROBLEMATICS OF EUROPEAN MODERNISM; MACHINATIONS: SHOCK OF THE OLD, FEAR OF THE NEW; APOLLINAIRE AND ALBERTI; WYNDHAM LEWIS'S VORTICISM AND THE AESTHETICS OF CLOSURE; KURT MERZ SCHWITTERS: AESTHETICS, POLITICS AND THE NEGENTROPIC PRINCIPLE; AFTERWORD: AVANT-GARDE, MODERNISM, MODERNITY: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW; Index

Notes:

Some articles were presented as discussion papers at the Modernism Seminars convened by Dave Wragg under the auspices of Nottingham University's postgraduate School of Critical Theory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-90023-6

1-134-90024-4

1-280-32450-3

0-203-21211-8

9780203212110

OCLC:

275200562