Christopher Butler (University of Oxford Christ Church College)

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 113mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 122g
• ISBN-13: 9780192804419
• ISBN-10: 0192804413
• Artikelnr.: 29012195

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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