Modernism's Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carrie J. PrestonSeries:Modernist Literature & CulturePublish date:2014-08-22Pages:374
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199384587ISBN-10:199384584UPC:9780199384587Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European, FilmBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, History & CriticismSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.83 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SC5G8EPJRP
Modernism's Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance
The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, Modernism's Mythic Pose argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology. The touchstone of Preston's study is Delsartism--the popular transnational movement which...
Series: Modernist Literature & Culture
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199384587ISBN-10:199384584UPC:9780199384587Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European, FilmBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, History & CriticismSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.83 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SC5G8EPJRP
Carrie J. Preston is Associate Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Boston University.
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