Surveying the Avant-Garde - Questions on Modernism, Art, and the Americas in Transatlantic Magazines

Examines art and literature of the Americas through the lens of the questionnaire, a genre as central as the manifesto to the history of the avant-garde. Demonstrates how modernism and the avant-garde were debated at the very moment of their development and consolidation.

About the author

Lori Cole is Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director of the interdisciplinary master’s program XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement at New York University.

Summary

Examines art and literature of the Americas through the lens of the questionnaire, a genre as central as the manifesto to the history of the avant-garde. Demonstrates how modernism and the avant-garde were debated at the very moment of their development and consolidation.

Product details

• Authors: Lori Cole, Lori (Visiting Assistant Professor Cole
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2018
• EAN: 9780271080918
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08091-8
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 241 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Refiguring Modernism; Refiguring Modernism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, History of Art, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Literature: history & criticism, Art & Design Styles: Pre-Raphaelite Art