What Ever Happened to Modernism?

, by Gabriel Josipovici

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ISBN: 9780300178005 | 030017800X
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 10/25/2011

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A penetrating account of what Modernism is, this book explores the literature, fine art and music that it has inspired-and how contemporary literary writing has failed it. Book jacket.

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List of Figures	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
My Whole Body Puts Me On My Guard Against Each Word	p. 1
The Disenchantment of the World
The Oracles Are Silent	p. 11
What Shall We Have-To Drink In These Deserts?	p. 21
Anxiety Is the Dizziness Of Freedom	p. 39
I Heard The Murmur And The Murmuring Sound	p. 48
Modernism
It's A Quick Death, God Help Us All	p. 65
The Marquise Went Out At Five	p. 78
A Universe For The First Time Bereft Of All Signposts	p. 92
The Mutilated Body Was Thrown Back Into The Sea	p. 101
Fernande Has Left With A Futurist	p. 114
A Clown, Perhaps, But An Aspiring Clown	p. 125
I Would Prefer Not To	p. 136
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Imitation Of An Action	p. 145
It Takes Talent To Lead Art That Far Astray	p. 163
Stories Of Modernism	p. 178
Notes	p. 188
Index	p. 197
Acknowledgements	p. 207
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What Ever Happened to Modernism?

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