Modern and Modernism: The Artist's Sovereignty 1885-1925: The Artist's Sovereignty 1885-1925

Author: Frederick R. Karl
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: A pioneering experimental work that breaks through traditional constraints, leading to a cultural transformation. Modern and Modernism blends four decades of history and intellectual history with profound theory and extraordinary imagination, presenting the colorful modernist movement to a monotonous postmodern context. It may provide a deep historical sense for the complex psychological attitudes toward globalization today, which are intertwined with both love and hatred. This book is a treatise focusing on modernism, a significant literary phenomenon in modern Western culture. Modernism refers to the works of writers and artists in the West who defied rational traditions since the late 19th century. The author uses rich and detailed materials, drawing from a wide range of fields such as literature, painting, music, dance, architecture, aesthetics, philosophy, psychology, and natural sciences, to clarify some of the ambiguous understandings and unresolved issues about modernism that existed before. However, due to differences in values and methodologies, some of the important viewpoints in the book are not ones we can fully agree with.