Modernism

Zusatztext A useful introduction, as lucid and engaging as it is concise. / Peter Blair, University of Chester Informationen zum Autor Professor Christopher Butler is Professor of English Language and Literature at Christ Church College, University Oxford. His many publications include Early Modernism: Literature, Music, and Painting in Europe, 1900-1916 (OUP, 1994), Interpretation, Deconstruction, and Ideology (OUP, 1984), and Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2002). Klappentext Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Zusammenfassung Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Modernist work 2: Modernist movements and cultural tradition 3: The Modernist artist 4: Modernism and politics

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Butler, Christopher (Christ Church College Butler
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.07.2010
• EAN: 9780192804419
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280441-9
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 173 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions; A Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, History of Art, Modernism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Classic fiction: general and literary