Theorizing the Avant-Garde: Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity: 32 (Literature, Culture, Theory, Series Number 32)

Murphy, Richard

ISBN 10: 0521648696 / ISBN 13: 9780521648691

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Challenges conventional approaches to the avant-garde through a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary take on postmodernism. Series Editor(s): Cascardi, Anthony J.; Macksey, Richard A. Series: Literature, Culture, Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 393. . 2010. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theorizing the Avant-Garde: Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity: 32 (Literature, Culture, Theory, Series Number 32)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521648696
• ISBN 13: 9780521648691
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Theorizing the Avant-Garde Richard Murphy mobilizes theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde and assesses its importance for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Murphy reconsiders the classic formulations of the avant-garde and investigates the relationship between art and politics via a discussion of Marcuse, Adorno and Benjamin. Combining close textual readings of a wide range of films as well as works of literature, this interdisciplinary project will appeal to all those interested in twentieth-century modernist movements and postmodernity.

Book Description

In Modernism, Expressionism and Theories of the Avant-Garde Richard Murphy mobilises theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde and assesses its importance for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Murphy reconsiders the classic formulations of the Avant-Garde and investigates the relationship between art and politics via a discussion of Marcuse, Adorno and Benjamin. Combining close textual readings of a wide range of films as well as works of literature, this interdisciplinary project will appeal to all those interested in twentieth-century modernist movements and postmodernity.