Occult in Modernist Art, Literature, and Cinema

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field of Esotericism Studies with those of Literary Studies, Art History, and Cinema Studies, this volume provides in-depth and nuanced perspectives upon the relationship between Occultism and Modernism in the Western arts from the nineteenth century to the present day.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-02-01
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
Antal sidor275
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030095048

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1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Occult Modernism.- 2. A History of Research into Occult Modernist Literature.- Part I Artistic Practices.- 3. Visionary Mimesis and Occult Modernism in Literature and Art Around 1900.- 4. August Strindberg’s Art in Modernist and Occult Context.- 5. ‘Only Poets and Occultists Believe in Them Just Now’: Fairies and the Modernist Crisis of Authorship.- Part II Aesthetics.- 6. Return from Oblivion: Joséphin Péladan’s Literary Esotericism.- 7. Ghosts Before Breakfast: The Appetite for the Beyond in Early Avant-Garde Film.- 8. Marie Wilson and Nanos Valaoritis in Conversation: Surrealism, Imagetext, and Occult Aesthetics in Terre de Diamant.- Part III Occulture.- 9. Magic Art Between the Primitive and the Occult: Animal Sacrifice in Jan Švankmajer’s Drawer Fetishes.- 10. Retrogardism and Occulture in Håkan Sandell’s Poetry.