| The Aesthetics of Matter: Modernism, the Avant-Garde and Material Exchange Contributor(s): Posman, Sarah (Editor), Reverseau, Anne (Editor), Ayers, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110317370 ISBN-13: 9783110317374 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $167.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 709.04 |
| LCCN: 2012276342 |
| Series: European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.70 lbs) 447 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume proposes an in-depth exploration of the materiality of art and writing in modernism and the avant-garde. The essays explore how the avant-gardes and modernism attempted to establish the material specificity and hybridityof media and art forms. The collection sheds light on the full range and import of the aesthetics of matter in avant-garde and modernist practice across all art forms from the 19th century to the present day. |