| Modernism: The Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond Contributor(s): Gay, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393333965 ISBN-13: 9780393333961 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 Annotation: Gays ambitious endeavor looks at the modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Beginning his epic study with Baudelaire, Gay traces the revolutionary path from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement. Illustrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 19th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 700.903 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.42" W x 9.28" (1.94 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, D. W. Griffiths, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course ) Andy Warhol. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gay, Peter: - Peter Gay (1923--2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time. |