| Five Paradoxes of Modernity Contributor(s): Compagnon, Antoine (Author), Philip, Franklin (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231075774 ISBN-13: 9780231075770 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 709 |
| LCCN: 93-35830 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.47" W x 8.27" (0.47 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This treatise on modernism and postmodernism establishes that modernists' faith in the cult of novelty inevitably led to its destruction. Exploring the paradoxical nature of the modernist tradition in literature and the arts, the author considers its aesthetic and moral contradictions. |