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Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]
Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]

Author: 
Christopher Butler
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  • Provides a coherent account of Modernism across various aesthetic and cultural fields
  • Considers several aspects of Modernism including some classic modernist works, movements and notions of the avant garde, and the idea of 'progress' in art
  • Examines Modernist ideas of the self, of subjectivity, irrationalism, people, and machines
  • Looks at the political dimensions of Modernism

 
Is a tower block, your unmade bed, your lavatory basin, or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an end; or even a story? 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. 

Butler considers several aspects of modernism including some modernist works; movements and notions of the avant garde; and the idea of 'progress' in art. Butler looks at modernist ideas of the self, subjectivity, irrationalism, people and machines, and political definitions of modernism as a whole. 

Index: 

1: The Modernist work
2: Modernist movements and cultural tradition
3: The Modernist artist
4: Modernism and politics

About the author: 

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).

"A useful introduction, as lucid and engaging as it is concise." - Peter Blair, University of Chester

Product details

ISBN : 9780192804419

Author: 
Christopher Butler
Pages
136 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Jul 2010
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [#236]