Modernism's mythic pose : gender, genre, solo performance /

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The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, this book argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology. The touch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, Carrie J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Colección:Modernist literature & culture.
Temas:
1800-1999
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Dance > United States > History > 19th century.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Modernism (Art) > United States.
American literature > Classical influences.
Art, Modern > Classical influences.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Danse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Modernisme (Art) > États-Unis.
Littérature américaine > Influence ancienne.
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
American literature > Classical influences
American poetry
Art, Modern > Classical influences
Dance
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Literature)
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The solo's origins: monodramas, attitudes, dramatic monologues
  • Posing modernism: Delsartism in modern dance and silent film
  • Positioning genre: the dramatic monologue in cultures of recitation
  • The motor in the soul: Isadora Duncan's solo dance
  • Ritualized reception: H.D.'s antimodernist poetics and cinematics.

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