Overview

The first volume of the new series “European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies” focuses on the relation between the avant-garde, modernism and Europe. It combines interdisciplinary and intermedial research on experimental aesthetics and poetics. The essays, written by experts from more than fifteen countries, seek to bring out the complexity of the European avant-garde and modernism by relating it to Europe’s intricate history, multiculturalism and multilingualism. They aim to inquire into the divergent cultural views on Europe taking shape in avant-garde and modernist practices and to chart a composite image of the “other Europe(s)” that have emerged from the (contemporary) avant-garde and experimental modernism. How did the avant-garde and modernism in (and outside) Europe give shape to local, national and pan-European forms of identity and community? To what extent does the transnational exchange and cross-fertilisation of aesthetic tendencies illustrate the well-rehearsed claim that the avant-gardes form a typically European phenomenon? Dealing with canonised as well as lesser known exponents of modernism and the avant-garde throughout Europe, this book will appeal to all those interested in European cultural, literary and art history.

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Author:   Sascha Bru ,  Jan Baetens ,  Benedikt Hjartarson ,  Peter Nicholls
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.956kg
ISBN:  

9783110217711

ISBN 10:   3110217716
Pages:   546
Publication Date:   16 November 2009
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Language:   English, German & French

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Sascha Bru, Genth University, Belgium; Peter Nicholls, University of Sussex, UK.

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