Five paradoxes of modernity
Auteur :
Compagnon, Antoine
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231075770
Date de publication :
27 oct. 1994
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.