Rethinking the Vanguard : aesthetic and political positions in the modernist debate, 1917-1962 /

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Author / Creator:Maerhofer, John W.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
Description:1 online resource (x, 215 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283821
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ISBN:9781443811354
1443811351
9781443812276
1443812277
1282413759
9781282413757
9786612413759
6612413751
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
English.
Summary:How has political revolution figured into the development of avant-garde cultural production? Is the vanguard an antiquated concept or does its influence still resonate in the 21st century? Focusing closely on the convergence of aesthetics and politics that materialized in the early part of the twentieth century, this study offers a re-interpretation of the historical avant-garde from 1917 to 1962, a turbulent period in intellectual history which marked the apex, crisis, and decline of vangua ...
Other form:Print version: Maerhofer, John W. Rethinking the Vanguard. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 9781443811354
Standard no.:9786612413759