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The French art novel 1900-1930 /

The French art novel, with its tales of artists, models and creative struggles, is often thought to be a specifically nineteenth-century phenomenon, which dies out by 1900. This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study argues that the art novel does not in fact disappear but rather undergoes a series o...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shingler, Katherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Legenda / Modern Humanities Research Association, 2016.
Series:Research monographs in French studies ; 43.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The French art novel, with its tales of artists, models and creative struggles, is often thought to be a specifically nineteenth-century phenomenon, which dies out by 1900. This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study argues that the art novel does not in fact disappear but rather undergoes a series of transformations in the early twentieth century, in step with radical changes in the visual arts of the period. Examining both well-known and all-but-forgotten novels, Shingler examines the ways in which they move on from their nineteenth-century predecessors, as the development of avant-garde movements makes questions of aesthetic value and authenticity ever more pressing; as changing gender roles increasingly put pressure on writers to acknowledge female creativity; and as the emergent art of the cinema comes to compete with painting as the primary visual reference point for writers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-150) and index.
ISBN:9781781883228
178188322X