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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond Paperback - 2010

by Peter Gay

Gay's ambitious endeavor looks at the modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Beginning his epic study with Baudelaire, Gay traces the revolutionary path from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement. Illustrated.


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Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, D. W. Griffiths, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course!) Andy Warhol.

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  • Title Modernism: The Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
  • Author Peter Gay
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Reprint
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, USA
  • Date 2010-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393333961 / 0393333965
  • Weight 1.94 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.42 x 1.38 in (23.57 x 16.31 x 3.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Arts, Modern - 20th century, Arts, Modern
  • Dewey Decimal Code 700.903

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Citations

  • Commonweal, 12/19/2008, Page 22
  • New York Times Book Review, 10/10/2010, Page 28
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