Modernism, Cultural Production, and the

Klappentext Edward Comentale exposes the links between art! literature and early twentieth-century capitalism. Zusammenfassung Comentale exposes the links between art! literature and early twentieth-century capitalism. He examines art and sculpture as well as writing by Virginia Woolf! T. S. Eliot and H. D. among others! in the light of psychoanalytic! economic and political theory. This book will be of interest to all scholars of modernism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: On the nature of being otherwise; Part I. Critique: 1. Fascism and/or liberalism: the avant-garde and modern capital; 2. 'No end, but addition': T. S. Eliot and the tragic economy of high modernism; Part II. Construction: 3. The modern temple: T. E. Hulme and the construction of classicism; 4. 'A fairly horrible business': labour, World War I, and the production of modern art; 5. Thesmophoria: suffragettes, sympathetic magic, and feminist classicism; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Edward P. Comentale, Comentale Edward P.
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521120975
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12097-5
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000