Early Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Willard Bohn

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This book focuses on avant-garde literature and art in Europe and America during the first quarter of the twentieth century. It examines five movements that shaped our response to the demands of the modern age and contributed to the creation of a modern sensibility: Cubism, Futurism, the Metaphysical School, Dada, and Surrealism. Each of these arose in response to recent scientific, technological, and/or philosophical developments that drastically affected modern civilization. In turn, each was responsible for a major paradigm shift that altered the way in which we view—and respond to--the world around us. The final chapter is comparative in nature and studies the role of the mannequin in literature and art during the same period.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-02
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt385 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
Antal sidor178
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138598928

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Willard Bohn is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature at Illinois State University. He received his Ph. D. in French from the University of California at Berkeley and has been a visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University, the University of Cambridge,and Durham University among others. In 2005 he was elected Oliver Smithies Lecturer, Balliol College, Oxford University. An active scholar, Professor Bohn has published 158 scholarly articles and seventeen books including The Aesthetics of Visual Poetry, The Rise of Surrealism, and The Avant-Garde Imperative.

ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Inventing Cubism Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Guillaume Apollinaire Pierre Reverdy and the Ascetic Muse2. Initiating Futurism F. T. Marinetti Other Futurist Poets3. The Metaphysical Imagination Giorgio de Chirico’s French PoetryGiorgio de Chirico’s Italian Poetry4. Dada Gambits 0Visualizing Women in Creating Dada Poetry5. Conceiving Surrealism Magnetic FieldsTwo Surrealist HeroesThree Surrealist Women 6. Mannequins and Faceless Mannequins Birth of the Faceless MannequinMetaphysical MannequinsDada MannequinsSurrealist MannequinsConclusion BibliographyIndex