Theorizing the Avant-Garde
Theorizing the Avant-Garde: Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Post…. In Modernism, Expressionism and Theories of the Avant Garde, Richard Murphy mobilises theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde. He assesses the importance of the avant-garde for contemporary culture and for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Murphy reconsiders the classic formulation of the avant-garde in Lukacs and Bloch, especially their discussion of aesthetic autonomy, 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, it draws on a rich array of critical theories, such as those of Bakhtin, Todorov, MacCabe, Belsey and Raymond Williams. This interdisciplinary project will appeal to all those interested in modernist and avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century, and provides a critical rethinking of the present-day controversy regarding postmodernity.
Forfattere: Richard Murphy | Utgave: ukjent |
Språk: Engelsk | Sidetall: 325 |
ISBN: 9780521632911 | Vekt: 476 g |
Forlag: Cambridge University Press | Innbinding: |
Utgitt: 1999 | Veil. pris: 0 kr |