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The lessons of modernism, and other essays
Title:
The lessons of modernism, and other essays
Author:
Josipovici, Gabriel, 1940-
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Publication Information:
Totowa, N.J. : Rowman and Littlefield, 1977.
Physical Description:
xiv, 208 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Four writers: An art for the wilderness, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924. Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935. Walter Benjamin, 1892-1940. Saul Bellow.--Modernism and culture: English studies and European culture. The lessons of modernism. Linearity and fragmentation.--Voice and body: Words and music today. The rake's progress. Maxwell Davies's Taverner. Two moments in modern music-theatre. The importance of Stockhausen's Inori.
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ISBN:
9780874719574
Format :
Book