The Lessons of Modernism

ISBN-13: 9780333440940 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 208 str.

Gabriel Josipovici

Opis

What are the relations between a man's life and his art? What is the place of modern art, with its underlying principles of fragmentation, dislocation and parody in the culture and education of today? What are the limits of human expression and of the expressivity of voice and body? These are some of the questions raised by Gabriel Josipovici in this collections of essays, now in its second edition. To the first edition, which won the South East Arts Literature Prize for 1978, the author has added a new preface, explaining the continuing relevance of the argument of the book to a new generation of students and scholars.

Spis treści

Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - Acknowledgements - PART 1 FOUR WRITERS - An Art for the Wilderness: Franz Kafka, 1883-1924 - Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935 - Walter Benjamin, 1892-1940 - Saul Bellow - PART 2 MODERNISM AND CULTURE - English Studies and European Culture - The Lessons of Modernism - Linearity and Fragmentation - PART 3 VOICE AND BODY: THE LIMITS OF EXPRESSION - Words and Music Today - 'The Rake's Progress' - Maxwell Davies's 'Taverner': Thoughts on the Libretto - Two Moments in Modern Music-Theatre - The Importance of Stockhausen's 'Inori' - Index